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I'm not saying the concept isn't real, I'm just generally skeptical of prescriptive statements such as GGP. There are plenty of things happening around me that

by croon 5y ago

I'm not saying the concept isn't real, I'm just generally skeptical of prescriptive statements such as GGP. There are plenty of things happening around me that influence me, like kind gestures big or small, the birth of my children, learning about things (that are verifiable), which I can assure you are not staged or driven by someone.

yunohn 5y ago
> There are plenty of things happening around me that influence me You’re being really pedantic with those examples - obviously, they weren’t talking about events like the “birth of a child”…
- croon 5y ago
  I understand the context, but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic. They could've just as easily said "any news around you", or whatever they felt they meant. If I expand OP's statement, I'm a bit troubled by the (purposeful) spreading erosion of trust in society. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to distrust, especially now, but when you blanketly start distrusting everything, the trustworthy lose and the unscrupulous win. Further, you yourself lose. TL;DR: trust but verify > distrust and don't verify. We might recognize that verification is the only relevant conditional, but I think it's safe to say that it's not what's being generally applied when it comes to media consumption.
  - yunohn 5y ago
    > but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic Nope, you’re 100% being pedantic. OP said “things happening around you”, which most would not interpret as “birth of my child” or random “kind gestures”. > I'm a bit troubled by the (purposeful) spreading erosion of trust in society I hear this kind of misguided sentiment quite often. I hate to break it to you, but your hope/trust for humanity doesn’t change reality. Eg, my European colleagues who call political corruption as “transgressions”, implying that somehow it’s a rare occurrence in the EU, but obviously developing countries are “deeply corrupt”.

by croon 5y ago

yunohn 5y ago

> There are plenty of things happening around me that influence me You’re being really pedantic with those examples - obviously, they weren’t talking about events like the “birth of a child”…

croon 5y ago
I understand the context, but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic. They could've just as easily said "any news around you", or whatever they felt they meant. If I expand OP's statement, I'm a bit troubled by the (purposeful) spreading erosion of trust in society. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to distrust, especially now, but when you blanketly start distrusting everything, the trustworthy lose and the unscrupulous win. Further, you yourself lose. TL;DR: trust but verify > distrust and don't verify. We might recognize that verification is the only relevant conditional, but I think it's safe to say that it's not what's being generally applied when it comes to media consumption.
- yunohn 5y ago
  > but I was questioning the OP:s use of "anything", so I don't think I'm being pedantic Nope, you’re 100% being pedantic. OP said “things happening around you”, which most would not interpret as “birth of my child” or random “kind gestures”. > I'm a bit troubled by the (purposeful) spreading erosion of trust in society I hear this kind of misguided sentiment quite often. I hate to break it to you, but your hope/trust for humanity doesn’t change reality. Eg, my European colleagues who call political corruption as “transgressions”, implying that somehow it’s a rare occurrence in the EU, but obviously developing countries are “deeply corrupt”.