• Lasherz@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s wild how many people use 80s action movie as their basis for their understanding of the world.

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      4 months ago

      You know, I just thought about it and realized I do too sometimes. That’s actually kind of fascinating.

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        4 months ago

        It’s a super easy trope to default to. It’s basically removing the chaos from mental scenarios to make it more palatable and voiding the evolutionary utility in having those thoughts in the first place. Seems like it’s more or less a coping mechanism for things likely to be out of our control.