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It's sketchy if you frame it in such an awful, uncharitable way. Behold: Talking about the weather = using strangers as unwitting tools in your compulsive need
by exo-pla-net 5y ago
It's sketchy if you frame it in such an awful, uncharitable way. Behold:
Talking about the weather = using strangers as unwitting tools in your compulsive need for social interaction.
How about rejection therapy = "Harmlessly interacting with other humans to overcome your trauma, so you can become a more productive member of society"?
- munificent 5y agoAsking someone the weather is not at all the same. The whole point of "rejection therapy" is to interact with a stranger that pushes against their boundaries such that they feel the need to assert themselves in order to reject you. I'm all about helping people overcome their trauma, but not at the expense of making nonconsenting strangers uncomfortable.
- extheat 5y agoNon consenting to what? A conversation? Do people need consent now to talk to other strangers? Should people look away from problems and mind their own business? I don’t know but comments like these don’t seem healthy to me.
- munificent 5y agoI feel like we're talking past each other. Did you read the article? Rejection therapy isn't just talking to someone. It's making some kind of request of them that you know they don't want to do in order to force them to actively reject you so that you can experience the rejection. It's not, "Hey, how's the weather." It's, "Can I see what's in your wallet?"