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Originally Posted by Xen
As a side note, when I was working on my doctorate in Psychology, I was shocked to discover that the vast majority of my classmates had an ingrained belief that emotionally healthy people DO NOT READ FOR PLEASURE. I was told this is clearly an escape mechanism and is a sign of emotional instability.
This came up during a case study of an 11 or 12 year old child who read a lot. This was interpreted by the group discussing the case as a clear sign of emotional problems in the child that the therapist should explore, and that reading should be discouraged and replaced with other activities felt to be more "normal".
What kind of activities did they think were "normal" for a child that age? Watching TV and playing video games. Texting. Having 100 friends on Fakebook. I kid you not. It made me seriously doubt the mental stability of most of my classmates.
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You did it... I have to call in sick to the forum for not posting in the next few days. I can't type because I can't stop laughing.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
But the dumbasses went first.
Smartasses are the pinnacle of human evolution.  |
Often, they're also the pinnacle of stupidity, by just wanting "to try ONE more thing", even though all evidence seems to point out that it's going to fail horribly and that there will be lots of problems.
Ask the people in the financial world...