What is the most severe case of brainwashing you have seen? (lemmy.world)

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...whether it was by a cult, by propaganda, by an algorithm, etc...

And did the person ever recover from it?

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[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago

"Well, that's just how it is"

Person attempting to justify an injustice they also suffer, without even a thought about whether it being "how it is" might actually be connected to all the people saying dumb stuff like "Well, that's just how it is."

[-] PrimeErective@startrek.website 46 points 3 months ago

I learned recently that there's a word for this, which is "thought-terminating cliche"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Its all good, man

[-] don@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

It Is What It Is

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

This is one of the few acceptable ones IMO. Sometimes, something is bullshit, you know it's bullshit, everyone else knows it's bullshit, but you have no ability to fix or avoid said bullshit, so... it is what it is.

[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

And it ain't what it ain't.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 3 months ago

Fuckin way she goes.

[-] haulyard@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Ok Yogi

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And now you're going to notice them all over the internet.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 19 points 3 months ago

Uggghhh, nothing is more infuriating than hearing "life's not fair" from people in a position to make a situation more fair.

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I just respond "if that wasn't how it is there'd be nothing to talk about."

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