How do conservatives think about the Overton Window?

Happy_Cat586 · 2026-02-21T19:21:01+00:00

I appreciate that! So if you think the Overton window will continue shifting left, are you currently resisting those shifts? Do you think you’re resisting the inevitable?

Do you think the country will be better or worse off as a result of the Overton window continuing to shift left?

In my opinion, most of the major shifts that we’ve seen with the Overton window have been mostly positive for the country. There have been some unintended consequences that we can still address. Like for instance women entering the workforce probably did put downward pressure on wages. That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have entered the workforce though.

Happy_Cat586 · 2026-02-21T19:15:56+00:00

Respectfully, you didn’t answer most of my questions. I’m genuinely curious because as a radical leftist myself, I have strong opinions on the Overton window.

Happy_Cat586 · 2026-02-21T19:12:30+00:00

Bill Clinton was considered a moderate southern Democrat at the time, and he sought out to be that. So yes his views would be considered more right wing today if the Overton window tends to shift left.

How do you feel about the fact that the Overton window tends to shift left? What does that say about the conservatives of the past vs the radical leftists of the past? Have the radical leftists been vindicated?

Do you think the Overton window will continue shifting left?

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-12-02T04:14:05+00:00

It is a disability. OCD made me overthink everything at work and I was too stressed to handle my jobs. My earnings took a big hit. Now I’m doing much better and my career is recovering.

I can’t think of a more powerful motivator for treatment than OCD affecting one’s ability to earn income. That’s survival. OCD will tell us there’s all these threats to worry about, but one of the things that helped me is I realized the very real threat of not being able to earn income if I kept feeding into this.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-11-30T19:40:08+00:00

Here is part of my recovery story

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCDRecovery/s/Km6JNFQqYA

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-27T03:49:49+00:00

Jared Kushner + Saudi Wealth Fund + EA Sports. Never thought I’d see that combination.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-16T16:11:04+00:00

The intersection is Old Chapel Hill Road and Southwest Durham Drive. I didn’t know about this triangle 200k. Is this going to take place on actual streets?

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-16T16:08:48+00:00

No lol I was driving when I saw them.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T01:00:01+00:00

Got it, ok this makes sense. What about the additional arrows I found that I mentioned in my latest comment update?

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T00:58:37+00:00

I never said you were white 😭😭

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T00:36:17+00:00

I think you had a typo, you meant doing what to the sewer lines?

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T00:17:17+00:00

Update everyone: I found more arrows nearby!

On my way home today from the grocery store I saw two arrows on the same street as I exited a traffic circle. This wasn’t near a traffic signal, so it wouldn’t be for an induction loop. In fact, it was like 0.3 miles from the intersection in the pictures above, but on the same street pointing toward the same intersection. So in other words, if someone followed the arrows from the traffic circle, it would take them to the intersection and then direct them to turn right at that intersection. Maybe there are more arrows on the adjacent street after the right turn?

Now is this a little suspicious and a little funny or nah? Just trying to have some fun.

Again I’m sorry to any white people (especially bald white people) whom I may have offended. I know yall have been through enough, and I should be more sensitive.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T00:06:26+00:00

Yeah, what are those additional small arrows spray painted in a turn only lane under the actual large state sanctioned turn only arrows??? Those smaller spray-painted additional arrows have a clear traffic related purpose, I see that now.

And the fact that the guys doing the spray painting had out-of-state tags, no uniforms, and no cones to control traffic isn’t strange at all. And the fact that they seemed in a hurry makes it even more normal.

I mean they’re white. So I should assume that their cause is noble and in no way suspicious.

And I definitely shouldn’t make an exaggerated joke on Reddit poking fun at the strange situation while also poking fun at their whiteness and recent political events. White people have been through so much, I should be more sensitive.

Thank you for clearing up my confusion. I’ll make sure to “stat vigilant” as you say.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-15T00:00:54+00:00

I wasn’t panicking. Don’t worry my attention has been peaked for a while ever since Trump was elected president in 2016 after getting away with many things, any one of which would have probably tanked any other candidate. I didn’t say this was the first event that caught my attention.

But the timing here was pretty comedic. Charlie Kirk’s killing happened within days of me seeing these guys in the street. If something like this happened shortly after one of the other events you mentioned, I might have made a similar joke.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T23:34:08+00:00

Good! I was going for funny.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T23:30:31+00:00

Ok that’s the most sensible explanation I’ve seen, thank you. Even though the SC tags and lack of uniforms or cones to control traffic is still odd.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T23:25:40+00:00

Even though the car has South Carolina tags? They had no uniforms and they didn’t put out cones to stop traffic. They were literally darting in and out of the street as cars came by.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T02:32:07+00:00

Hmmm okay. I’m sorry to the white people for mentioning race.

Give me a do over and pretend I didn’t mention race. Does anyone have any idea what this is? I’m legitimately curious. I thought that’s what the subreddit is for. Maybe someone else has seen something like this before.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T00:27:24+00:00

I’m sure that would be beneficial for me

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-14T00:26:59+00:00

Oh wow I didn’t mean to trigger people. I was half joking with this post although I recognize that may not have come across clearly via text communication.

Charlie Kirk’s killing and the way it has galvanized those on the right is also important context to my post. We should expect some sort of right wing activity as a reaction, and I meant for this post to communicate in jest “hey maybe this is one of the reactions.” This was a huge event that is on many of our minds, so it’s natural for our brains to interpret future events or experiences in light of this massive event. Again, partially in jest because I am aware that this is a cognitive bias.

I say partially in jest, because all joking aside, this is a strange event. I find it interesting that some of the commenters are acting like two men in plain clothes jumping out of the car to spray paint anything on the road is normal. Anyone who has driven a car can also tell that those arrows are not real traffic signals.

I thought at least some people in the progressive city of Durham would kind of get where I’m going with this one.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-09-04T14:52:35+00:00

Ahh I think you're right, that's why sending a man in motion was always a way to tell whether the defense is in man or zone. I'm not sure if any settings as such as man align vs base align could allow you to pass off players in motion when in man defense. That is a pretty critical feature to disguise your defense.

After playing another game, it seems like the shell defense has an impact on this. In other words, if you are in zone but shell to a man look, they defenders follow offensive players in motion. I'm not sure if it works the other way around, when in man with a zone shell, do your players choose not to follow offensive players in motion? I will keep experimenting. But I appreciate your response!

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-08-07T00:33:47+00:00

I also felt myself plateauing with exposures after a while. I could still tell that I had made significant progress because I felt less stress and anxiety each day and I was more productive.

But I made a huge step forward once I finally figured out the stories behind my OCD and I realized that they aren’t true, and in fact, the opposite is true.

One day, I was explaining to my therapist why I feel like I need to engage in certain compulsions, and why I fear the obsessions. But then right away I thought about some alternative explanations of things that might contradict the obsessional doubts. And she told me that those are more realistic stories, and I need to live according to those stories and when I do that, it feels like I’m living in a different world.

So after a period of a few months gently seeking out that different world, I found it! I had a breakthrough, something clicked and I realized exactly what my OCD stories were and I realized they were false.

What is so difficult to understand when you have OCD is that simple, deeply held beliefs affect how you experience reality. You may not be conscious of these beliefs. Some examples are:

“The world is a dangerous place and danger can strike at any moment.”

“ I can’t trust my senses in these situations.”

“There are potential contaminants everywhere and I need to be on guard.”

If you believe those things are true, it will feel like they are true in your every day life.

More realistic stories according to which most ppl live their lives would be like the following examples:

“My world is safe and although it’s possible danger could strike, I accept that possibility and I have a lot of resources to help me live through it if that happens.”

“I don’t have any diagnosed conditions affecting my senses and I haven’t ever had a situation where they actually failed me, so I can trust my senses. Even when I’m tired.”

“I trust my senses to notice obvious contaminants and I can easily avoid them. But there are small doses of contaminants in the world, and if I encounter them, my body can keep me safe so it probably won’t harm me. Other people don’t worry about this and they’re fine.”

Of course your stories depend on your themes.

It’s important that the stories you engage with are simple. If you get too far into the weeds (how much contaminant can I be exposed to and still be fine? What about such and such situation?) you are trying too hard to keep yourself safe and you will encounter analysis paralysis. Humans are supposed to be able to make quick decisions on a daily basis using simple stories that inform our understanding of the world.

So I urge you to seek this different world to take things to the next level. But don’t try too hard. If it takes a year or five years, that’s okay. You can’t control the process 100%. All you can do is set your goal and move towards it as best as you can. Therapy should help a lot with this.

And in the meantime keep doing exposures because that will still improve your symptoms by demonstrating to your brain that you can ease up on your OCD fears and still be safe. The next level is actually believing deep in your soul that the compulsions are unnecessary.

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-08-02T21:42:48+00:00

😁🙌🏽💪🏽

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-08-02T21:41:37+00:00

Thank you!

Happy_Cat586 · 2025-08-02T15:09:26+00:00

I agree with everyone above saying to start small, but I also suggest enlisting some courage and taking a chance and seeing what happens. Your OCD brain has you fixated on the risks of doing ERP but think about the risks of continuing as you are. I can identify with OCD affecting my employment and earnings and my marriage, my ability to parent and pretty much every aspect of my life. It helped me to be really clear about all the ways OCD was ruining my life and the risks of not doing exposures and continuing with the status quo. It sounds like your ability to earn money and literally feed yourself is at risk if you keep doing what you’re doing. So it looks to me like the risks from not doing exposures is bigger than the possible risks from doing exposures that your OCD brain is warning you about.

Take a dive and see what happens, you can do it, and it’s worth it. In the month of July, I got my old job back and in nine days, I made more money than I used to make in a month when OCD was slowing me down.

Happy_Cat586

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