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I feel like we're in a mode now of more and more ridiculous herd behaviors that start either as good intentions or as deliberate trolling, but then get this kin
by version_five 5y ago
I feel like we're in a mode now of more and more ridiculous herd behaviors that start either as good intentions or as deliberate trolling, but then get this kind of absurd global takeup that is absent any real thought. There were always fads but now they sweep the country or the world and with much more righteous fervor behind them than ever. Y2K was maybe an early example, but now every day there is some sweeping thing that all right thinking people must get behind and not question, that inevitably will not be so black and white once the hype wears off.
I use about two straws a year, I don't care if they switch to paper, but it's indicative of this casual madness that regularly sweeps through society now
- paulryanrogers 5y agoY2K may seem like much-a-do about nothing, yet much effort went into mitigating potential pitfalls before the fateful day.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 5y agoProbably something to do with newer generations being mostly atheist and needing to replace the God-shaped hole left in them with other ideological stances, this time graciously provided by political movements. Controversies like plastic straws are a thousand different filioques, except in a political package.
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- arrakis2021 5y agoThis.
- alexvoda 5y agoWhat exactly is about that god-shaped hole that people need filling? Some parts I can understand, like the social need filled by communal rituals. But I suspect it is something deeper. I suspect it is related to a need to distinguish ingroup and outgroup.