• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Makes me think of the earlier posts about “thought ending clichés”.

    Some people just don’t stop lmao

    • MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      I saw that and thought, “They’re probably bad if you use them by yourself, but I need those to make it through work so people will stop talking to me.”

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.todayOP
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      6 months ago

      I mean yes, and that’s why I’d hesitate to call those a bad thing per se. Left on its own, the mind will simply continue to ruminate on everything that’s ever happened to you on this earth, and it will spin story after story explaining how you got to this particular point in your life. And there’s probably some value to it, because if you suppress this indefinitely, you WILL become a psychopath, but if don’t put a stop to it from time to time in order to take action, those stories will also never ever change.

      So while they mighty be clichés, and certainly present opportunities for abuse, those thought ending statements can also have a productive use because without them you’ll simply get stuck in a Groundhog Day scenario based on your own life.