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Better HURRY and VOTE OR ELSE!
Screenshot from the front page of /r/all on Reddit.
Noticethat they want you to fight against our perennial generation. These people are our fathers, mothers, and someone's child. They have hopes and dreams just like you. They gave thetrue gift of life to us. In the words of the late great Elon Musk ...most people are good.
Does this need to be said more? Most people are good.
As a rational person, I decided that I don't need this influence in my life but sadly the front page of Reddit disagrees - which effects millions of minds every day. Who wants you to vote so bad that they're willing to consume our well-being en masse to accomplish it? Maybe it's not even political but Nymag.com just doing it for that sweet ad revenue? Me thinks desperation has taken control. Me also thinksI have some good news too...
For our younger audience, internationals, and people whose parents had two jobs to make things work, I'll boil it down. A kid notices every time he screams "THERE'S A WOLF!", the entire community reacts. He likes this because it gives him attention and power. Over time, however, no one believed him anymore. He was ignored.
The boy is confronted by a monster and does what any loud mouth would do - he screams and hollers - and no one cares. The little boy turns into wolf food and everyone else lives better ever after. From a modern perspective, the central message is this:
Although yelling about a known fear may rouse your neighbors, giving you that glorious attention and power you so desperately desire, continued yelling about false problems will end in your repulsion from the community. And, being alone as a human ends in your untimely death.
Lucky for us, there is one simple trick that will disproportionately help you see through the propaganda. It results in the development of a nuanced opinion on these things and helps build strong character traits. Here it is:
Breath and allow things to pass.
If you're looking for a place to start, check out Sam Harris'new meditation app orHeadspace.
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Oh so this is what you’re doing now? I don’t mind it, but please of you want to highlight text use one consistent and clean way (like bold text) and not 3000 different ways. I get it’s hip but it makes it look like one of those “how you can make 300k$ in ten days” scam articles. It’s fine for meme ads but not really articles that want to unironically talk about something. Have fun with the rest of the backlash! Hope it doesn’t stop you from expressing yourself doing something you like!
Fantastic article. Normally I don’t give a shit enough to click links. I’ll be honest, I’m really lazy. However, this whole Millennial v. Everyone shit fires me up. Like fuck off people and leave us alone. Anyway, I’ll be sharing this article with a few of my less free thinking friends. I doubt they will care or change, but there are always those little things you see or read online that “click” into your brain and never leave. Like dogs sneeze at you when they play or if you put a dog on it’s back and lay on it, that says I’m the Alpha you little shit, yes I examples 2 dog facts, but I really like dogs. Sue me. Maybe this can be one of those things that clicks for other people.
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Anon Shirtwascash
October 19, 2018
@HAMCHA Damn that was useful advice, thanks!