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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by mitt_romney_12 on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:13PM (#36634958)
Why would it be linear? The reasons it's increasing is because people no longer feel as much pressure to hide their true identity. It's the same reason that the number of left handed people doubled from 1920 to 1960 [1], it's not a conspiracy it's just the way social norms work

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/07/americas-...

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Re:‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking... by unmole on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:35PM (#36635303)
Right, it's not like mental illnesses can spread memetically:

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10psyche-t.html

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/tics-and-tiktok-can-soci...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copycat_crime

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