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I want to agree, but to flip the description around a little, maybe exaggerate, a little devil’s advocacy if you will… If everyone but you voted for cake and i

I want to agree, but to flip the description around a little, maybe exaggerate, a little devil’s advocacy if you will… If everyone but you voted for cake and ice cream on wednesdays, but you’re clocking in at the gates of hell each morning, will you accept defeat and join them? A bit of hyperbole, for sure, but if it ever isn’t…

josephcsible 4y ago
> If everyone but you voted for cake and ice cream on wednesdays, but you’re clocking in at the gates of hell each morning, will you accept defeat and join them? This reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1170/ https://xkcd.com/1170/ - if everyone but you is voting for that, there's probably something going on other than that you're the only sane one.
- catchnear4321 4y ago
  That just seems like hyperbole in the other direction though. Plenty of teenagers do incredibly dumb things as groups, due to group dynamics. So do plenty of adults. But due to several reasons, such as age, they are adults, not kids. If everyone votes for cake and ice cream in hell except for me, you damn well know they don’t like me and found out I’m lactose intolerant. Fuck that I’m taking my toys and going home. Yes, all silly examples. Bystander effect may have a shaky origin, replying to you with a quote from boondocks saints would be disingenuous, but it isn’t worth ruling out what has come from that little seed of an idea based upon some erroneous reporting of a horrible event. Without knowing why everyone voted for cake and ice cream, all I can do is recognize that it was a very peculiar decision. I’m not grabbing my assault rifle type 15 machine gun straight away and shouting 1776, but I won’t be shrugging off that idea and clocking in without a damn fine explanation. Unlike people jumping off a bridge, it won’t need split-second decision making.

josephcsible 4y ago

> If everyone but you voted for cake and ice cream on wednesdays, but you’re clocking in at the gates of hell each morning, will you accept defeat and join them? This reminds me of https://xkcd.com/1170/ https://xkcd.com/1170/ - if everyone but you is voting for that, there's probably something going on other than that you're the only sane one.

catchnear4321 4y ago
That just seems like hyperbole in the other direction though. Plenty of teenagers do incredibly dumb things as groups, due to group dynamics. So do plenty of adults. But due to several reasons, such as age, they are adults, not kids. If everyone votes for cake and ice cream in hell except for me, you damn well know they don’t like me and found out I’m lactose intolerant. Fuck that I’m taking my toys and going home. Yes, all silly examples. Bystander effect may have a shaky origin, replying to you with a quote from boondocks saints would be disingenuous, but it isn’t worth ruling out what has come from that little seed of an idea based upon some erroneous reporting of a horrible event. Without knowing why everyone voted for cake and ice cream, all I can do is recognize that it was a very peculiar decision. I’m not grabbing my assault rifle type 15 machine gun straight away and shouting 1776, but I won’t be shrugging off that idea and clocking in without a damn fine explanation. Unlike people jumping off a bridge, it won’t need split-second decision making.