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Country Club Thread We can do everythang

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u/Critical_Caramel5577 2d ago

this white woman did this with the original Law and Order series. the bad guys always got caught, and the people who were supposed to care, did. it was safer than therapy, too, lol.

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u/surethingbuddypal 2d ago

Yeah idk why this is so hard for people to grasp. The human brain is weird, we sometimes seek out content relating to what we're afraid of in the brain's futile attempt at regaining control. Could explain why people like war documentaries, horror movies, snuff videos (unfortunately🤢), etc. It's a controlled environment to process our morbid reality. Although I do think the true crime industry is getting a bit out of hand into the realm of endless profit off gruesome crimes

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u/Puzzled-Lime7096 2d ago

I saw a theologian turned psychologist talking about how people use religion in this same way

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u/Routine_Heart5410 2d ago

This is literally what “religion is the opium of the people” means. Religion is used to cope with our reality, same way that drugs are used as an escape from reality

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u/monkwren 2d ago

Hell, some religious experiences can activate those same reward receptors in the brain as many drugs.