Why do older individuals have greater control of their feelings?

Re:Why do older individuals have greater control of their fe... by InitialLastName on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:11AM (#27131266)

There's a feedback loop between:

a) systems like Twitter giving people dopamine bumps and internet points for strong emotional responses to the most extreme interpretation of anything anyone says and

b) peoples training their brains to have strong emotional responses to the most extreme interpretation of anything anyone says

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Re:Why do older individuals have greater control of their fe... by Xplune13 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:46PM (#27133091)

Yes, but I don't remember all this being so extreme even until 4-5 years ago on Twitter.

From my experience, something changed around 2017 and now Twitter is a war zone.

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Re:Why do older individuals have greater control of their fe... by vimy on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:44PM (#27133698)

The start of the Trump era. Trump made the left blind for the extremists on their side. Because criticizing them would mean siding with Trump. Not true of course but that’s what you get when people start to think in absolutes. “You’re either with us or part of the problem.“

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Re:Why do older individuals have greater control of their fe... by inglor_cz on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:03PM (#27133919)

I think a lot of the public space toxicity that we now witness is an extreme reaction to Trump. An autoimmune disease of sorts, but in a social context instead of biological one.

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