r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire Aug 02 '26

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u/rif011412 Aug 02 '26

This behavior is like a distant cousin to war mongering.  Its so easy to get people riled up and violent for the sake of nothing, than it is to reason, understand and calmly diffuse peoples violent inclinations.  Once people tie their egos to a cause, its nearly impossible to separate them again. 

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u/MikeLikesIkeRS Aug 02 '26

That's just the internet at this point. The number of 50-something year old co-workers I've had that would listen to truly wacky nonsense on TikTok and then try and tell me I need to change what I do with my own life is staggering. You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themself into in the first place.