Absolutely excellent article - costly signaling ("knowledge sacrifice") theory of beliefs and internet rituals http://roreiy.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/harriet-harmans-dress-and-ritual.html …
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@St_Rev oh man did you actually read one of those articles? -
@St_Rev I have a genuine fear of ritual contamination from things like that, the more popular the more dangerous (or just low-status?) -
@sarahdoingthing Not sure what you mean -
@sarahdoingthing As a kid I was petrified of record stores, maybe the same kind of thing? -
@St_Rev like maybe it's mentally dirty because so many people have touched it, or its self-replicating ability in brains creeps me out -
@sarahdoingthing That's what creeps me out about ritual, and also humans -
@sarahdoingthing I mean, serious, for me the ur-horror story is Invasion of the Body Snatchers. -
@St_Rev cf. dealing with the scripted subset of a human personality that government agencies and corporations use as their skinsuits - 1 more reply
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@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I assumed so but some people can see both if they look for long time -
@nihilsupernum@sarahdoingthing It's pale blue and brownish on mine. Goes either way if I tilt the monitor. - End of conversation
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