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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • All correct, lots of interesting psychology articles on this and even a documentary about it iirc (like implanting getting lost in a mall as a child.) I teach confirmation bias in one of my classes and some of it is also just misremembering things to fit a narrative you want to believe.

    What’s funny to me while I learned about it is that I don’t seem to do this fill-in-the-gaps misremembering stuff. I just don’t remember shit. What I do remember is vague and undetailed, though, and kind of easy to prove in the sense that vague memories could be all sorts of things (like crying but not remembering why). It’s like all a blur until college, lol.

    My guess is my shitty childhood was traumatic, or I’m neurologically atypical (and given how weird I am, probably both). It doesn’t help I get conflicting stories from parents though.


  • While the article is a little dated, it’s also a little misleading since he’s describing all brain altering drugs, such a opioids.

    Still not great, but the devil’s advocate could still argue that mandatory rehab at a commune for drug abuse is quite reasonable (especially over prison). What’s problematic is him making it a labor camp, and including things like Adderall even if it doesn’t quite sound mandatory in their case. Adderall abuse certainly exists, as with most things, but it’s certainly no heroin.

    Right now the status quo sucks, though, as far as drug rehab and government services are concerned. Since at least Reagan, we’ve gutted those services to those who need it. Just wish it wasn’t these assholes filling that void. Really need a progressive in office…


  • taiyang@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldValentine's Day
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    I do call all holidays dumb but I’ll still use it as an excuse to take a day off or do something. I teach at an all girls university and they are 100% on board having Friday off in the name of Valentine’s Day. Lol

    (Oh and before you say “everyone would say yes to that” you haven’t met the kids who take college seriously)