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Glenn Parker's avatar

Wonderful unpacking. Very insightful. Thank you.

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SLM's avatar

Your thoughts feel like an antioxidant for the mind in the age of “social” media.

On a side note, over the past few years, I’ve taken continuing studies courses for self-enrichment. Generally, they provide time and space for reflection and deeper engagement. Your weekly writings make me wish you were teaching such a course—and that I had the chance to take it.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana's avatar

That’s very nice of you to say. :))

I’ve designed some short courses before and have mapped out a few for the future. Probably on Existentialism and Subjective Psychology, since there are many pieces that make nice chapter sections.

Perhaps later in the year. :))

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Phil Mayes's avatar

One difference is that to be rude to someone in public is to risk a physical response: spat upon, slapped, punched. Not so on the internet. There is a real-life exception: when you are driving, you might curse someone out, and that is because there are no consequences for so doing.

Expanding on this (I'm thinking on the fly), a heckler at a stand-up comedy club does so because (s)he can do so with minimal risk. You would not speak to your boss the way you might razz a friend because of a possible reprisal.

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