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Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age by Apocryphon on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:41PM (#41611442)
That's a rather reductive take. Telling people "they aren't worth dirt" is a hard sell, for one thing.
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Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:56PM (#41611540)
Not when you're also trying to sell them your solution.

"You are a worthless sinner, a transient cloud of mortal dust, with a soul that is in danger of an eternity of torment. Unless you - you know - do what we tell you."

As marketing pitches go, it seems pretty straightforward.

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Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age by MisterBastahrd on Sunday September 22, 2024 @03:34PM (#41619374)
It's not reductive at all. Telling someone that they are only worthy of torture or destruction for not believing in an unprovable entity is actually worse than that.
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