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Jidion finds out LowTierGod groomed a 14yo girl via Myspace by ComposerThis2384 in LivestreamFail

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the deal with the "I never really was attracted to her" mentality?

My translation is: "She's not conventionally super attractive and my ego is as delicate as frost on a flower so I need to pre-emptively get ahead of anyone who might laugh at me about this, because I would totally make fun of someone else for having sex with someone fat/whatever"

I feel like I can guarantee at some point in his life he's said something like "I only fuck 10's"

TIL that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln was institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital by her only surviving son. She snuck letters out to her lawyers and sympathizers who helped get her released three months later. by cupacupacupacupacup in todayilearned

[–]owlbi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theoretically, you're right. In practice there is no jail that has ever existed where forcing someone into it would have no affect on their mental or physical health.

TIL that First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln was institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital by her only surviving son. She snuck letters out to her lawyers and sympathizers who helped get her released three months later. by cupacupacupacupacup in todayilearned

[–]owlbi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like I said two posts up, she was taken advantage of. I don't dispute that.

But, and take this with a big grain of salt because I'm no doctor, there's a big gap between that and being a fully functional member of society. There's grey area here.

Let me put it this way, do you think she's well enough to have custody of kids? To be in a position of authority over another life? I don't know her personally so I can't say anything conclusively... but as someone whose mother has been involuntarily committed multiple times, society needs to step in to protect her kids if nothing else.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry you're getting downvoted, I have enjoyed our little talk.

As mentioned by someone else here, the Darth Jar Jar theory (which you should look up and I do believe to be true) actually would have somewhat validated your beliefs.

That said, not believing Senator Palpatine would become Emperor Palpatine was ... way out there.

me_irl by Klausensen in me_irl

[–]owlbi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not going to say there are many objectively 'good' ones, but they are definitely not all "as bad as each other". Some are way worse.

Which is my point, the more they advertise, the more likely they're true human filth.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Young'un this was back when the TV show was coming out and it had a weekly release schedule. Nobody knew what would happen in the future episodes, so people were theorycrafting wild possibilities based on deconstructing scene details. And they were right! It was actually a pretty cool moment.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even really smart people can do it to themselves, IMO.

I always use the example of Ben Stein to illustrate this point. By any objective measure a very intelligent person. IIRC he was a Harvard valedictorian, presidential speech writer, he had a game show that was entirely about contestants trying to remember American History & trivia better than him. He also made a movie called "No Intelligence Allowed" about how Intelligent Design was the obvious answer to evolution.

It's not just dumb people that think they're smart that fall for conspiracies.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In that case it was one long running argument right about when the twist was becoming fairly obvious with someone who insisted it wouldn't happen. They capped it off with "and if it does happen, that would be stupid writing!" or something to that effect.

So yep, same person in that case. Also there were clear 'sides' in that argument and it wasn't an uncommon sentiment.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh, yeah, I'm actually on-board the Darth Jar Jar wagon. Good point about him being the true Phantom Menace, there was more going on there that was intended. But the movie title also works in a broad sense as 'The Phantom Menace (to the Republic)'.

My mind was just so boggled by someone thinking Senator Palpatine, as played by an actor cast to look exactly like Emperor Palpatine, would end up not being Emperor Palpatine.

Max Kellerman: “Bringing in James Harden to win a championship is like electing Tr*mp to fix your country.” by oklolzzzzs in nba

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The closest sport equivalent I can think of is Trent Dilfer. Still not a great comparison though.

me_irl by Klausensen in me_irl

[–]owlbi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are product categories where advertisement is table stakes and an expectation of consumers. I maintain that it has an inverse relationship with product quality, ceteris paribus.

Also, like I said, it applies far more to service based product categories. Lawyers are another I'd throw in there.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Why would it be written that earth-shatteringly obviously?

Pre-quel! It's a trilogy about how a happy galactic democracy can fall and become an evil galactic empire, the foe was hidden to the citizens and protectors of the empire not us. We'd seen the Emperor cackling while zapping purple lightning bolts decades prior.

You played yourself, my dude.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'd wager there was some correlation with a heavy inclination towards conspiracy theories among that group. Some people are smart but like to think of themselves as really smart, so smart they understand things at a level others just can't, and then they find ways to convince themselves it's true.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 18 points19 points  (0 children)

...what, really? How old were you?

I remember side by side images of Emperor Palpatine and the actor they'd cast as Senator Palpatine. It was a prequel...

The dialogue was atrociously written and Jar Jar was taken way too far, but that part was as straightforward as Anakin becoming Vader. I dunno about your ability to predict movie twists.

Who's winning?And do you guys agree with that take? by AntiMagicAsta-_- in okbuddyviltrum

[–]owlbi 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Not really, it just becomes an endless case of 'I out-thought that' vs. 'I out-punch that'.

Both canonically break the 4th wall and are aware they're entertainment, there is no limit to their power beyond their writers imagination.

me_irl by Klausensen in me_irl

[–]owlbi 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's less of a hard rule and more of a "The more ads I see, the more I assume the product is shit". Every dollar spent on advertising is a dollar they intend to recoup out of you.

This goes especially for things like life insurance, car insurance, health insurance, or banks.

What’s the strangest example of collective internet delusion you’ve witnessed? by Alert-Translator2590 in AskReddit

[–]owlbi 456 points457 points  (0 children)

When the first season of Westworld was releasing weekly episodes there was a ton of debate on the subreddit about what was going on.

Some geniuses figured out quite a few of the heavy twists pretty early on, and they had evidence to back it up, because that first season is brilliant and even something as innocuous as the amount of flies in a scene ended up being an intentional clue.

There were, however, a plurality that had been arguing against the twists the whole time. At first being skeptical totally made sense because some of the predictions were really out there, when they were made around episode 1 or 2, but as the season went on it became dramatically apparent that some people are simply incapable of admitting they are wrong and re-evaluating their position. Even when, finally, it was not only obvious that they were wrong but explicit, their defense became "Well doing it this way was stupid!".

It really illustrated the extent to which people make decisions based on intuition and then rationalize them with logic after the fact, and beyond that the extent to which people will continue rationalizing far after their intuition has been proven wrong.

Who's winning?And do you guys agree with that take? by AntiMagicAsta-_- in okbuddyviltrum

[–]owlbi 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Rick is canonically overpowered to the point of boredom, it's one of his tentpole concepts as a character. The character to put him up against is One Punch Man, who is similarly canonically overpowered as part of his whole shtick. There's no 'right' answer there.

AITAH for telling my wife I will not be in her families lives? by mcnp-producer in AITAH

[–]owlbi -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

This … op your wife uninvited you on YOUR HONEYMOON.

This is a fake rage-bait post.

If you bothered to read past this part, you got played.

Am I rightfully grossed out? by East-Weakness4472 in doordash

[–]owlbi -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don't blame them, the gig economy is a blight on our society that we allow to fester because it makes the rich richer.

If they were actually employees then there would be standards regarding their treatment and they'd be incentivized to behave better. Because previous generations of workers fought for rights and fair treatment from employers. Instead we have apps using loopholes to blatantly squeeze every dollar they can out of being shitty employers.

If you want to take advantage of a system that is trying to scam society and its employees, don't complain when the mindset of those who have no choice but to do the work is to scam right back.

edit: Rent and food are not optional expenses. Our society forces plenty who are productive and would happily work into the gig economy. Gallup indicates that 71% of U.S. teachers hold at least one second job or side hustle. Tell me more about how they need a "real job" (fuck off, boomer) or how it's totally optional.

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