that kid that killed animals for fun when I was in high school and he killed a bunch of other students pets and they all got in trouble for beating him up,
coal rollers and close shave swervers in the lunch room at work,
guys bragging about sexual harassment and assault,
Also, sometimes magical thinking can be trouble. Like, someone’s excited about how their health issues are going to be cured with the right essential oils. Sometimes you need to burst that bubble so that they will actually get real medical help.
This should be up voted more. These kinds of posts invoke circle jerking. I was struggling to think of examples of weird topics but you gave a more comprehensive list.
I totally understand the desire to cut someone down who’s doing something destructive or counter to the norm in an extreme way but equally I don’t think it’s necessarily constructive. I can disagree with someone and express that without necessarily making them feel dumb.
that kid that killed animals for fun when I was in high school and he killed a bunch of other students pets and they all got in trouble for beating him up,
coal rollers and close shave swervers in the lunch room at work,
guys bragging about sexual harassment and assault,
maga,
etc…
Also, sometimes magical thinking can be trouble. Like, someone’s excited about how their health issues are going to be cured with the right essential oils. Sometimes you need to burst that bubble so that they will actually get real medical help.
Magical thinking is always trouble. At its most benign it still normalizes other, more insidious falsehoods just by accepting things baselessly.
This should be up voted more. These kinds of posts invoke circle jerking. I was struggling to think of examples of weird topics but you gave a more comprehensive list.
I totally understand the desire to cut someone down who’s doing something destructive or counter to the norm in an extreme way but equally I don’t think it’s necessarily constructive. I can disagree with someone and express that without necessarily making them feel dumb.