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[euphorbia-euphoria]

Questions For My Future Therapist

1. why does watching more than two episodes of any high school drama make me feel like shit

[extrospec]

It's always hilarious to hear SJW used as an insult. "Social justice warrior" is the basic plot of most '80s action shows and cartoons. Arriving in places and fighting against discrimination? The A-Team were social justice warriors. It's practically a synonym for Knight Rider. Insulting someone for respecting other people is like insulting them for masturbating -- the fact you don't do it has way more to do with why you're so upset all the time. When you use "wants equality" as an insult, you're the bad guy. Look around: are you conforming to a movement with a large group of other people? Do you wait for a target and then pile on hoping that sheer numbers will wear them down? Are you wearing some kind of helmet which interferes with your ability to aim lasers at rebels?

from 7 Reasons "Gamergate" Proves Humanity is Doomed, on Cracked

[agapi-kalyptei]

Erich Fromm on falling in love

If two people who have been strangers, as all of us are, suddenly let the wall between them break down, and feel close, feel one, this moment of oneness is one of the most exhilarating, most exciting experiences in life. It is all the more wonderful and miraculous for persons who have been shut off, isolated, without love.

This miracle of sudden intimacy is often facilitated if it is combined with, or initiated by, sexual attraction and consummation. However, this type of love is by its very nature not lasting. The two persons become well acquainted, their intimacy loses more and more its miraculous character, until their antagonism, their disappointments, their mutual boredom kill whatever is left of the initial excitement.

Yet, in the beginning they do not know all this: in fact, they take the intensity of the infatuation, this being "crazy" about each other, for proof of the intensity of their love, while it may only prove the degree of their preceding loneliness.

[agapi-kalyptei]

We're blinded from the information     that would really shock us     by stories of sex and sleaze     which doesn't make the smallest difference to our lives.     And so we have no desire to do anything     about the things that really do We've watched as greed wipes     billions of the world's stock markets     Destroys jobs and lives     And proves that capitalism     is just as corruptible by human nature     as communism These are tough times     but we seek solace     in our friends and co-conspirators     We make small differences     in each other's lives,     and dream     that we can make real progress

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