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Re:Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram by daodedickinson on Thursday May 03, 2018 @11:57PM (#16992076)
The original is Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther causing so many to emulate the titular character and commit suicide.
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Re:Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram by TheOtherHobbes on Friday May 04, 2018 @04:25AM (#16993043)
Monkey see, monkey do.

I’m increasingly suspicious of the idea that humans are independent and rational, because so much humam behaviour can be explained as uncomplicated animal mimicry.

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Re:Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram by Regardsyjc on Saturday May 05, 2018 @03:26AM (#17000792)
Have you heard of mimetic theory?
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