fraiserouge@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThe US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down19
arrow-up1369arrow-down1external-linkThe US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’www.theguardian.comfraiserouge@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoMany people are driven by feelings. We all are to some extent. But for many people feelings are primary. This comes up all the time. You can show charts and studies and everything, but they don’t care. You have to make them feel good about it. Frankly I’m kind of sick of pandering to overgrown toddlers, but there’s no escape from it.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoi mean this is true but also the natural state of humans isn’t to be filled with hatred, if it was just that people are ruled by emotion then the world would be an amazing place since most people have empathy.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoIt’s the combination of “all feelings no thinkings” and “in-group good, out-group bad” that’s really the problem. Just one or the other isn’t a disaster.
Many people are driven by feelings. We all are to some extent. But for many people feelings are primary. This comes up all the time.
You can show charts and studies and everything, but they don’t care. You have to make them feel good about it.
Frankly I’m kind of sick of pandering to overgrown toddlers, but there’s no escape from it.
i mean this is true but also the natural state of humans isn’t to be filled with hatred, if it was just that people are ruled by emotion then the world would be an amazing place since most people have empathy.
It’s the combination of “all feelings no thinkings” and “in-group good, out-group bad” that’s really the problem.
Just one or the other isn’t a disaster.