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[hockey-offical]

Hockey fact: the oldest trophy in North American sports will soon have “Bussi” engraved into it permanently

[eklmrlos]

i love them

[warpspeedchic15]

two russian hockey men insulting the elderly

[skaldish]

To my international friends: If you ever wonder why Americans are the way they are, just remember that 1/3rd of all US citizens are in a cult that teaches them to suppress the activity of their prefrontal cortex, particularly when it comes to doubt, critical thinking, and differentiating emotional responses from personal values.

[skaldish]

1/3rd of Americans are Evangelical, and Evangelical Protestantism is a cult. We just don’t think of it as one because it’s so normalized. However, it follows the B.I.T.E. model of cult dynamics.

Evangelism teaches its followers to always maintain states of bliss and ecstasy for Jesus. What this does is condition the brain to always operate out of less-evolved parts; areas that are responsible for more primal emotions like euphoria, anger, and fear. Because of how we’ve evolved to survive, the brain will actually shut down our higher functioning—including critical thinking skills—in favor of these primal emotions, when they’re active.

Always feeling bliss = never questioning or feeling doubt. Evangelicals may actually fear the thoughts that do originate from their higher brain-parts because they think it’s the devil tempting them away from their religion. They’ll engage in self-indoctrination techniques to make this stop.

This creates a cognitive dissonance so great that many Americans have no separation between how they feel and what they believe. This is really bad because their minds have literally no defense against undue influence. They’ll vote for the dude who hyped them up enough. They’ll buy into the conspiracy theory that excites them the most. They’ll side with whatever gets the best reaction out of them, and getting a rise out of people is super easy to do.

Things like financial insecurity and low employment make this worse, too.

[skaldish]

And just to be clear, this kind of conditioning can happen to anyone, regardless of their intellectual capacity.

Cult conditioning has nothing to do with how smart or dumb people are. You can condition literally any brain with the right time and environment.

Counteracting undue influence is a skill, and like any skill, it needs to be taught.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Cult experts frequently point out that the smarter people are, the more susceptible they are to this once the initial hooks are in, and the harder they are to deprogram. This is because while this kind of conditioning does not rely on intelligence, the ability to rationalise does -- the smarter someone is, the better they can rationalise what they already believe, so if they’re committed to following their feelings, a smart person is much better at making it seem (to themselves as well as others) that they’re actually using logic and reason rather than making ad-hoc justifications after the fact.

Also, people who know (or believe) that they’re smarter than average tend to assume that this makes them harder to fool, conditon, or lie to. Which makes somebody much easier to fool, condition, or lie to.

[faint-petrichor-deactivated2026]

So I am from the US but now live in Argentina, and as The American(tm) I often get reasonably asked the question, "Why are Americans, you know, like that?"

The best and most immediate answer I could come up with, and the one I've stuck to, is telling people that America is a country defined by being a haven for cults and religious extremists since its inception. And people are always like "god that makes so much sense."

But you know, the wildest thing is if I tried to tell any given American this (which I have) chances are they'd be like, "No way, that's absurd." And I think the thing is, if you're an American and have lived most or all of your life in America, this is just your normal. But when you live somewhere that is less saturated with religious dogma, cults and anti-intellectualism, it's readily apparent.

[punksalmons]

i'm still in the fucking building

[throwingmenthols-deactivated202]

all debates abt the artistic merits of fanfiction fail to recognize the purpose of fic. you don’t write fic to be published or to learn how to construct a narrative although you can use it to develop style. you write it so that your friends will message you “bestie you’re utterly deranged for this one im eating dirt” 

[highdefinitions]

swedish femboy is the funniest fucking way to talk about william nylander

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

The problem with living on an island is that you have to cross the ocean to get to the other half of the country tiny plane with 6 passengers (including me) and 3 flight crew.

Lbonus I had a single seat, and there's no overhead bins, so no one is reaching over my head to do luggage.

Also this flight is literally like 20 minutes

Wellington can be a horror to fly into because of the wind but today was probably the nicest I've had also at least you know the pilots are world class because if you can handle wellington on a bad day you are golden (there's legit landing complications on YouTube of the nonsense this airport deals with)

Also the lady driving the Airport bus was an older Maori lady, and let me tell you nothing makes me feel more comfortable she was so nice when I was struggling to understand how to tag on where as old white men always make the stress way worse by acting as if any slight inconvenience is a personal attack like making me panic will slow me down bro

[robindrake13]

🏒🇨🇦

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

@goaliehuggle i love his ugly goal scoring faces

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

waiting for a flight and knitting yet another beret, but this time, I found an increase that's nearly impossible to see, so it doesn't have a tonne of gaps like the previous ones

[talahui]

offseason boko courtesy of a montréal pal | 14 may 25 story

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

Did Boko go on the Gorin trip and I missed it? Or is Geno on a one man mission to outfit the entire Pens Org with one......I need to see Jarmy with matching Gorin hats

[coffee-at-annies]

I gotta say, the flash of chain with the neck guard? Top tier. A+

🍁🍁

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

@goaliehuggle not that I'm complaining, but I swear these team canada jerseys show way more cleavage than normal

[intheupside]

sid saying he just “happened to find” his old neck guard and it fits “like a glove”

[goaliehuggle]

@tawnyow-l 😂😂😂 he’s sooo himself

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

"Just happend to find it" babes I don't belive you I think you asked your mama to dig it out of the acient gear hoard they probably have in their basement and give it to your dad to bring woth him to worlds "just in case" you didn't like the new one

[goatisbetheres]

sid, gazing at the snack table: ooh… nice spread here

[goaliehuggle]

@tawnyow-l of course he’s eyeing up the snacks

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

He's going to crush a snack later

[tysonhos]

calling his emotional support boyfriend over

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

Nate shoving the kids away to sit next to his man

[ikeptupwiththejoneses]

Team Canada having Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) as their World's goal song is actually hilarious. Love it so much.

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

@goaliehuggle the man in question is Sidney Crosby

[intheupside]

and

[goaliehuggle]

@tawnyow-l 👀

[imbackonmy-bullshit]

Sid rn