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Yes, the title is clickbait because you're smarter than everyone else and so are not surprised.
by rdlw 3y ago
Yes, the title is clickbait because you're smarter than everyone else and so are not surprised.
- hsjqllzlfkf 3y agoBeing surprised that an expert in dishonesty is dishonest is like being surprised that a lot of pyromaniacs become firemen or that a lot of pedos become teachers and priests - it's something they spend a lot of time doing and thinking about, it makes sense that they'd want to do it for a job if they can. No, I don't think spotting this pattern makes me smarter than everyone else.
- xdavidliu 3y agodo experts in criminals commit crimes? Are experts in autism autistic? Are experts in military history bellicose?
- hsjqllzlfkf 3y ago"are" betrays a very black and white view of the world. I think they're all overrepresented, yes.
- xdavidliu 3y agoyou're implying that an expert in criminology is more likely than non-experts in criminology to commit crimes, and similarly "more likely" for the other two examples?
- xdavidliu 3y agoSomeone needs to categorize the various types of comments intended solely to increase the commenter's serotonin levels. Here's more that I see all the time: - "That's not how X works." <comment ends with no explanation> - "Anyone back in ___ who was paying even the slightest attention could have seen that ___ was going to happen." - "This subreddit / board / field has gone to sh_t"