What was that phrase that Ben Shapiro (the former face of the online right) used to be famous for again?
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2026
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Same principle as political comics, the value is that people feel the comic removes a mask from reality and depicts how things really are, thus qualifying it as essentially more referent to reality than reality itself. But of course this is only ever just a reflection of their own internally constructed internal reality, and they pick the comic that is the best mirror of that.
Another thing to consider is the fact that people can form false memories. A person might know at the time of exposure that the misinformation is misinformation, but he might misremember it as a fact after repeated exposure.
People don't care about reality, they just care about their ego.
So how to fight it? Just do the same back, or lose again?
It might help if Democrats started doing things
I've literally never uttered or thought that phrase in my life before, if something isn't true it's not true. There is no feelings to it. Anyways, it's probably best not to expose yourself to these images if at all possible, but of course, people are going to keep using these platforms because they're fucking stupid.
Dont look up...