Re:Reality is just a game now
by tacitusarc on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:08AM
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I think that’s my destiny. No, really.
I know a lot of crazy conservatives who believe a lot of crazy things. They are almost all older.
They also all have these stories of genuinely crazy, but factually true, things that eroded their trust in institutions and consensus narrative over the past several decades or more. So their bar has been lowered to the point that conspiracy theories seem more likely than not.
As I get older, I can see reality hammering on my bar, pushing it lower.
I know a lot of crazy conservatives who believe a lot of crazy things. They are almost all older.
They also all have these stories of genuinely crazy, but factually true, things that eroded their trust in institutions and consensus narrative over the past several decades or more. So their bar has been lowered to the point that conspiracy theories seem more likely than not.
As I get older, I can see reality hammering on my bar, pushing it lower.