Mercival

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[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't you mean group A? Group B seems kinda lame.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

I just don't pretend ๐Ÿ˜… Most people will get it if you're honest and those who won't, aren't very good people to keep around.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It is a fair point, being obese and poor can definitely be a a horrific feedback loop to get out of.

In developed countries anyways, you don't really see it in places where food is scarce, of course.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't think it can get any more graphic than eviscerating yourself and covering your oponent with your own guts!

(Some sea cucumbers do this, others produce a sticky substance specifically for this purpose.)

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I'm more fascinated by the countertop. Although thin and probably composite rather than natural stone, it's still stone and that can get really expensive. It might honestly get more expensive to do this and fix it later than just do it right from the getgo.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Tough, but fair.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Or just write it on a dive bar's bathroom stall wall just above the glory hole. Would still be less filthy than a Twitter account.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here's a springboard article, if you want to do your own research.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/how-the-myth-of-stockholm-syndrome-came-from-a-media-driven-hostage-spectacle-ld.1752897

The woman, based on whom the term was coined (the psychiatrist never even talked to her) wrote an autobiography "I became Stockholm Syndrome".

There's also the works of Allan Wade, a Canadian psychologist, who has talked to the victims throughout his career.

Basically when you're at the whims of an armed lunatic, you might cozy up to them in order to appease them. The victims were also really afraid of the police coming in and shooting them. Which is pretty justified, considering the police couldn't even identify the perpetrator before conceding on his demands and bringing in his prison buddy.

The guy with a gun, whom they've been talking to for days and has not hurt them in the slightest looked much less dangerous than the impending doom of the police barging in and shooting the wrong person.

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Stockholm syndrome was made up to cover for police incompetence

[โ€“] Mercival@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

Oh god, that reminded me of this statue. It has a LOT going on. So many questions. Perhaps they're better left unanswered.

https://i.imgur.com/HMh2itk.jpg

 

Wonder if the intern is getting the boot, or a raise for this thumbnail

 
 

.avi? You're telling me it comes with gravy?

 

Photo by Harry Whittier from the early 20th century

 
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