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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What is your opinion of the idea that this position may make you indistinguishable from a Trump supporter?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Almost! Kamarades. Kamalades?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does celebate mean virgin? I thought it just meant not having sex.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I like to think that being called weird isn't an insult. But it is being taken as an insult when used on people who call others weird as an insult themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"getting at girls" "as young as possible", even post-puberty is basically pedophilia, do you not agree?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't it be fixed?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a theory that the anger issues could lead to cognitive decline. Anger and rage has a tendency to kick off the fight or flight response. With that comes survival mode, lizard brain thinking, and irrational decision making. There's a lot of viral videos of people in this situation where the anger is causing them to make bad decisions. The experience might even be traumatic for them, kicking off their mental defense mechanisms.

Afterward, they post-hoc try to justify what happened in those moments to hold onto the idea that they are still a good person. Occasionally they realize they have a problem that needs to be fixed, but many times they will dig into their irrational positions with new emotional attachments to it. It can take a lot of therapy to get past it, which still has a lot of stigma with testosterone-types, so they don't and the irrational "logic" builds up over time. Therefore, cognitive decline.

Are there more substantiated studies on the effects of anger, especially there we see this pattern? I think I am seeing it over and over, but I can't be sure of the prevalence of the behavior since there is a bias in the media I see.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

He'll probably blame rigged elections for his loss. In his mind, he wants to avoid the idea he ever made a bad choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It seems like it is useful to try to speak to the median voter and (supposed) undecideds who would be affected by this. There are lots of other publications with different perspectives. Is it bad necessarily that this one exists and operates this way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People often segregate themselves into bubbles separated from others they oppose. I can say since the political affiliation is known from past elections, that has become a stronger factor when I am deliberating on which places I would want to live. I'm sure this is adding to the polarization, where people are gravitating to communities that more often reinforce their beliefs and give them fewer opportunities to challenge them.

How can we counter this polarizing force?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Probably shouldn't say that

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Maybe you're looking for the gender abolition crowd. Gender-neutral bathrooms are pretty nice, giving more privacy with separate toilet rooms, but I hope you're not too shy to share a sink area with men and women alike if those are not also in each of the rooms. You would not be unwelcome there unless you start trying to make people uncomfortable.

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