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Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by edgyquant on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @08:15PM (#30094726)
The average person isn’t stupid or dumb and I’ve found when people claim they are it’s usually a projection.
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Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by happytoexplain on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @08:18PM (#30094770)
The average person is not stupid, but the average person is irrational about some topic that has high visibility, usually due to tense emotions. I find that this is usually what people are referring to when they say people are "stupid" - not that they aren't clever or don't have good instincts or are low IQ.
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Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by edgyquant on Thursday January 27, 2022 @01:17AM (#30096862)
That’s definitely the case, I just take issue with calling them stupid.
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