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    9 months ago

    I’d say that because we are human, we have the capacity to distinguish fiction from reality… well, most of us who have critical minds can.

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      9 months ago

      It’s nice to pretend emotion isn’t a significant, if not majority factor in peoples’ decisions, but you’re just deluded if you think even rational people don’t fall for less obvious tripe all the time.

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          9 months ago

          Religion. Cults of personality. Political parties. Advertisement campaigns.

          Just look up what’s happening with the Stanley cups right now… Look how the Jews in New York reacted to their illegal excavation getting shut down (oh, what a surprise!) Look back on how crazy the US was after 9/11. Straight up cheering as our government spends trillions to spy on us.

          People are over emotional in large enough numbers about really stupid things. It matters.

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            9 months ago

            So, crazy people? People who need therapy? Brainwashed people? Okay.

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              9 months ago

              If you cannot understand how most people believe in at LEAST one of those things I mentioned with virtually zero knowledge on the topic, you are simply choosing to be ignorant to stay an edgy boi making quips. Pathetic.

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                9 months ago

                Pathetic is making excuses to believe in things that aren’t real because it makes you feel good.

                Unless you lack the mental capacity, for whatever reason, to understand fiction from reality. And then it’s just sad.

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                  9 months ago

                  Yes, and many, many people engage in self-congratulatory or self-consoling behavior and thought patterns instead of logical ones. Dismissing that tacitly does not change reality.

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                    9 months ago

                    None of those things are related to believing in false truths. Keep grasping.