There are liberals in my timeline - good people, every one - who are genuinely afraid that this is the end of everything...
@St_Rev
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Replying to @random_eddie @St_Rev
are you sure that they are genuine? http://www.meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/
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Replying to @suchaone @random_eddie
Mass hypnosis is a thing. Suffering is genuine.
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Replying to @St_Rev @random_eddie
I'm sure that some of them are genuinely suffering, but many are just signalling
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I doubt that many would be willing to make financial bets on their doomsday predictions, for example
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Replying to @suchaone @random_eddie
I think the vast majority of the people who got sucked into the Hillary vortex...mm.
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Something I observed teaching college is that some students can see the material universe, if coaxed, & some can't.
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There are people who look both ways before crossing the street, & people who cross if they see other people crossing
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The latter sort of people seem to exist in a social trance. Only other people are real.
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This is fascinating. I'd love to hear more about this, or more examples if any come to mind.
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The other example: students who believed their grade was an indicator of how much I liked them.
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Replying to @St_Rev @thriceberg and
Like, subject wasn't real, just some weird ritual dance they had to do, what was real was my feels.
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Ah, ok. Saw plenty of that type of behavior in retail. Reminds me of this antecdote: http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2016/09/the-problem-with-parsing-feedback-from-customers.html …pic.twitter.com/qUTK09kdhQ
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