▲ 672 ▼ THE CRAZY PILLS (mander.xyz) submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago (6 children) What the hell is going on in US permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (3 children) Lead poisoning has been my working theory to explain the last 50 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Nah, plenty of younger folks think this way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Who said the lead poisoning stopped? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* it's not lead poisoning. it's people going insane because they live in internet/social media bubbles that lead to constant escalation reinforcement. you can see that nonsense here on lemmy in this very thread where people reinforce a false narrative and then escalate it with more rumor and nonsense or cherry-pick facts from history/reality to reinforce the delusional narrative that the other side is 'evil' and refuse to acknowledge your own side is also evil. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* People are so wrapped up in their political ideas and identities they are literally cutting off their noses and doing other deranged things all to 'own' the other side. And they use this to justify violence against others and themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago That is called propaganda. Half of Twitter is bots and they post this nonsense to try to support their authoritarian regime. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (3 children) Lead poisoning has been my working theory to explain the last 50 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Nah, plenty of younger folks think this way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Who said the lead poisoning stopped? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* it's not lead poisoning. it's people going insane because they live in internet/social media bubbles that lead to constant escalation reinforcement. you can see that nonsense here on lemmy in this very thread where people reinforce a false narrative and then escalate it with more rumor and nonsense or cherry-pick facts from history/reality to reinforce the delusional narrative that the other side is 'evil' and refuse to acknowledge your own side is also evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Nah, plenty of younger folks think this way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Who said the lead poisoning stopped? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* it's not lead poisoning. it's people going insane because they live in internet/social media bubbles that lead to constant escalation reinforcement. you can see that nonsense here on lemmy in this very thread where people reinforce a false narrative and then escalate it with more rumor and nonsense or cherry-pick facts from history/reality to reinforce the delusional narrative that the other side is 'evil' and refuse to acknowledge your own side is also evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) Who said the lead poisoning stopped? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* it's not lead poisoning. it's people going insane because they live in internet/social media bubbles that lead to constant escalation reinforcement. you can see that nonsense here on lemmy in this very thread where people reinforce a false narrative and then escalate it with more rumor and nonsense or cherry-pick facts from history/reality to reinforce the delusional narrative that the other side is 'evil' and refuse to acknowledge your own side is also evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* it's not lead poisoning. it's people going insane because they live in internet/social media bubbles that lead to constant escalation reinforcement. you can see that nonsense here on lemmy in this very thread where people reinforce a false narrative and then escalate it with more rumor and nonsense or cherry-pick facts from history/reality to reinforce the delusional narrative that the other side is 'evil' and refuse to acknowledge your own side is also evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* People are so wrapped up in their political ideas and identities they are literally cutting off their noses and doing other deranged things all to 'own' the other side. And they use this to justify violence against others and themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago That is called propaganda. Half of Twitter is bots and they post this nonsense to try to support their authoritarian regime. permalink fedilink source parent
