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snack wrote

makes me wonder why content that makes us angry is able to get such a strong reaction out of us (as opposed to things that make us happy) and whether that is somehow also the foundation of abusive relationships, or the reason why they are so addictive.

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DeletedButArchived OP wrote

I think leftists agreeing on solutions and talking about solutions is really hard and decisive. When dingdongs come around basically everyone is in agreement they suck and everyone has a similar solution. There is set a sadistic aspect to it too. (Not that that's wrong)

So it's one of the few moments where everyone is in agreement and you don't have to use a bunch of emotional energy trying to figure out ways to solve the massive problems we all agree on.

It helps that these trolls pose no real material threat too.

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snack wrote

yeah, i mean i get it - on a personal, emotional level that is. but it's also interesting when you think about it: there's obviously something about pack behavior that feels good, because it was (is) necessary for survival. I think the sadistic aspect made me uncomfortable, which is why i ended up questioning it a bit.

but you're right, since it was some sort of trolling attempt it all happened on some sort of joking-plane with no actual sincerity involved.

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