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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

It's pretty normal.

Maybe there's a way to present the strange idea as gently and sweetly as possible, to avoid triggering their rejection reflex.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    There is but you gotta think on your feet as it were and even then you don't always succeed. When I was last hospitalized I knew my silicone laces were psych safe but I didn't bother trying to explain it to the employee; I just asked if they could take them out. They poked at them for a few seconds before realizing and I got to wear my own shoes for the rest of my stay. You gotta give people juuust enough info to sneak the realization in there and it's a suuuper hard (and moving) target to hit.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I like your theory.

    I was a pretty big believer in inception approach. If they think it is their idea they will be on board.

    Now I think people only want to learn/believe things they see from their own personal bubble of "trusted source(s)". Anything else can't be correct or I'd have heard about it already.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    Yeah "it came from me or my people" means that it is harmless and everything else is Satan. There's probably a psychological breakdown of that somewhere.

    (Flip that assumption and you have the plot for half of all horror movies)

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