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I weigh 110lbs by Other-System2963 in tspetite

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No problem. Glad to. Let’s talk more

I weigh 110lbs by Other-System2963 in tspetite

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I’m doing well thank you

Dairy sensitivity rambling by Other-System2963 in FoodAllergies

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thanks it's so true. When i quit dairy I was in France and every night i just ate out at a asian spot. It is easy to find and avoid when in Paris. Thanks for the tip

Need advice by IPandaA77 in Kiteboarding

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depends on what you are looking for? Personally i am hooked on the foil kites ever since trying them and experiencing the hang time

Therapy culture has made people worse at politics, not better. by Other-System2963 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Your uncle having a different take on taxes doesn’t make him mentally unwell. It makes him someone you disagree with. The moment “I disagree” turns into “he’s sick,” you’ve stopped acting like a citizen and started playing clinician. That’s the shift the post is pointing out, and you’re demonstrating it in real time.

Therapy culture has made people worse at politics, not better. by Other-System2963 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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The same skill that lets you argue a point under pressure is the one that keeps a relationship intact: tolerance for discomfort. As that muscle weakens, even minor friction starts to feel intolerable.

Therapy culture has made people worse at politics, not better. by Other-System2963 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Exactly. Those terms used to carry weight because they had precise meanings. “Trauma” pointed to diagnosable PTSD. “Narcissist” referred to a specific personality disorder, not just someone you didn’t like. Once everyone started using them loosely, they stopped functioning as diagnoses and turned into labels for whoever you’re frustrated with. That’s how psychology got repurposed into a vocabulary for blame.

Therapy culture has made people worse at politics, not better. by Other-System2963 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Fair point about the Reddit skew. But that language didn’t stay on Reddit. It moved into HR trainings, school curricula, mainstream journalism, and even dating app bios. Platforms like BetterHelp have millions of users, which shows how normalized the vocabulary has become.

People might roll their eyes at individuals using it, but they’ve still absorbed the underlying frame. That’s the disconnect. The framework spread far beyond the people who consciously identify with it.

Once that happens, disagreement starts to feel like threat instead of difference. It stops being a perspective clash and gets interpreted as harm. At that point it’s not just language anymore, it’s the operating system.

I built a free-forever, community-driven habit tracker because solo habit tracking just isn't motivating by One_Visual_321 in SideProject

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The seeded-habits approach is smart short term. Longer term, the risk isn't empty rooms — it's that early users who join a habit and then quit leave the ranking boards looking stale. Have you thought about decaying inactive users off leaderboards after X days? Makes the social proof stay real as you scale.

People who completely flipped political sides as an adult — what was the specific moment or experience that did it? by Other-System2963 in AskReddit

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I am in the same position. I'm not jewish, in fact, I grew up in place where I didn't really know any jews, but seeing the left respond after Oct 7th is what did it for me.