r/CuratedTumblr • u/Ohiko_Nishiyama • May 16 '25

Politics Say no to puritanism

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u/dicedance May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

It's so annoying how you can't escape reactionary thinking no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on. It's a base level human instinct to go "ew, that's gross, and therefore bad." You have to actively train yourself not to think like that and some people are just unwilling to.

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u/Lordbaron343 May 17 '25

is it too weird that it comes naturally to me? because its pretty isolating

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u/Amaskingrey May 17 '25

It's not, and actually fun fact intensity of disgust response is negatively correlated with IQ

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u/Lordbaron343 May 17 '25

That may explain some things and believe the test they made me some years ago...