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L1’s Almanac – Why Trying to be Socially Competent is Like a Game Show Where You Jump Through Stupid Foam Cutouts

Have you seen the game show Hole in the Wall? People have to fits themselves through a space in a wall that is supposedly made just for them as it glides down an alley, or else you are dumped into the water. It’s a show that makes me smile, so silly, so endearing. But why?Continue reading “L1’s Almanac – Why Trying to be Socially Competent is Like a Game Show Where You Jump Through Stupid Foam Cutouts”

L1’s Almanac: Why Cognitive Dissonance is Intellectually Vapid Horsesh*t

This isn’t even worth a diatribe. I could go on for a while about how much I hate that term. When somebody blames someone else for something that they’re barely even doing, you call that cognitive dissonance. When somebody props themselves us for achievements, and you hate them for it, you call that cognitive dissonance.Continue reading “L1’s Almanac: Why Cognitive Dissonance is Intellectually Vapid Horsesh*t”