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[-] AnalogyAddict@lemmy.world 94 points 10 months ago

As someone with PTSD, imagine living a life where someone like Taylor Swift just existing causes you trauma.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure his therapist has acquired some trauma, too.

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 44 points 10 months ago

Nah, he's just acquired a recurring revenue stream

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[-] skeptomatic@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

"...imagine living a life where someone... just existing causes you trauma".
Republicans live this life.

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 10 months ago

Quite a lot of people have recently indicated that they do find Taylor Swift's continued existence to cause trauma. A whole segment of the voting population has indicated this.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, I call them snowflakes.

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[-] fffact@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I'm trying hard to parse the meaning of "a person existing causes trauma". That's a very uncommon definition of trauma!

[-] Ifera@lemmy.world 77 points 10 months ago

Parasocial relationships are a hell of a drug.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

What an appropriate word.

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 76 points 10 months ago

Post Taylor Swift Disorder.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago
[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Bro just needs to shake it off

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[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 46 points 10 months ago

What the hell are they claiming that lady did to him? Not acknowledge him when he fapped to her on MTV?

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago

He's been harassing her for years. Ariana Grande too. Check this out as one of the many examples.

https://www.fox13now.com/2016/12/08/judge-dismisses-utah-mans-lawsuit-against-taylor-swift

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 20 points 10 months ago

Of course it's Utah.... if it's not Florida it's Utah.

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Weird social interactions = Utah

Weird everything else = Florida

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

Because why bother with social interactions when you can scream "fuck you alligator" and jump in a swamp?

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

“I saw some girl write a letter to her and she goes to her wedding," he said. "I spend two years writing a decent song about her, and I get treated like a criminal."

Full on stalker.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

He also stalked sex workers in brothels.

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[-] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 10 months ago

Yeah Time Persons of the year like Hitler and Putin don't treat others like that...

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 29 points 10 months ago

Don’t forget the 2006 winner, they’re awful.

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

Agreed. Literally the worst.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago

It's funny how people don't get that it's not the "good person of the year", it's just the "person of the year".

[-] vrek@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago

I don't think that's about Taylor swift being time person of the year.

One year time made "you" the person of the year. I think it was about the rise of social media if I remember correctly.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, withthe shoddy mirror. I remember.

[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 10 months ago

Unsolicited artistic contributions to many, many places will get you a cease & desist letter, because, and I'm just regurgitating stuff I've read on the internet, accepting these contributions opens the recipients to possible law suits in the future. You can find many examples online where young kids wrote to someone they admired and loved and received a C&D letter from a bunch of lawyers. I blame the horribly broken copyright system.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 14 points 10 months ago

I think I read something somewhere about this sort of thing happening with movie scripts. The issue is that if somebody sends in the script and anyone in the studio actually looked at the script, and then didn't make a movie based on it the scriptwriter now has all sorts of opportunities to sue the studio if they ever make something that uses so much as a single word used in that script (not literally, but things like broad concepts might be replicated between scripts). Because they could argue they are not being compensated for their work. Even if the studio never even wanted the damn script.

[-] NotAtWork@startrek.website 7 points 10 months ago

It happened when that one guy sewed Paramount over Star Trek: Discovery season one using a space tardigrade.

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[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

This was a major plot point of the movie Airheads. The record label guy wouldn't accept their demo so they took over a radio station to force it to be played publicly so the record execs would be able to hear it.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 10 months ago

This happened with a little kid who sent Steve Jobs some ideas. TV news made a big deal about it (local, probably) because whatever. Oh look, here're some cats in hats on sail boats! Everybody do a dance.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago

I can't imagine that a therapist would actually suggest that he reach out to her in some way. The story doesn't add up, but that's to be expected considering.

[-] solarbabies@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I'm sure the therapist did say something like "think about forgiveness towards Taylor" and he, being delusional, interpreted it as "I need to write my feelings in a song and send it to her so she can finally understand why she caused me pain, and only then, if she responds positively, I'll forgive her."

Any person practiced in forgiveness knows the act doesn't involve the other person at all, and isn't conditionally based on them doing anything.

It is a choice you make internally within yourself, by accepting they have hurt you and choosing not to hold on to the negative feeling of resentment.

Viola Davis is often quoted as saying, "forgiveness is giving up hope that the past could've been different."

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

He's delusional, truly.

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 31 points 10 months ago

I would be such a terrible therapist. "Maybe you need a huge dramatic gesture to get her attention. Like fisting yourself to death live on 4chan."

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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago

Dear Mrs. "I'm too good to call or write my fans"...

[-] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago

Man, John Mayer's really having a rough time these days.

[-] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 10 months ago

Taking everything at face value and rolling with it, wtf did this guy think when his therapist said "think about forgiveness"?

Maybe this person is onto something. The next time somebody wrongs me, I'm going to write a song, hire a publicist, and make an entire big deal about forgiving that person! /s

[-] Signtist@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago

A lot of people think of forgiveness as something that only happens when the "offending" party falls to their knees to repent for their actions. They can't move on with their lives until they receive closure from someone who may not even realize they did anything that requires being forgiven for, and so these people often hold onto their hurt until it festers and becomes an obsession.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

This is true.

This crazy rant actually contains a good example of this. Forgiving someone else who has wronged you, helps you more than anyone. Remember, forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting what happened or "losing" to someone else. It just means you care less about it because you let it go.

Most therapists will tell you to forgive others for your own benefit. This is just a humorous and very obvious example. Taylor Swift doesn't know this guy and he is obviously creating his own problems.

[-] Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah I envisioned as much. It's almost like some people just don't know how to forgive and move on with life. Maybe they were spoiled too much when they were younger or something lol.

I seriously doubt Taylor Swift did anything to this individual, but taking things again at face value, you just forgive and part of that is just moving on with life. If Taylor Swift really did do anything, then be the bigger person and let her be the one who is miserable.

Sure, PTSD is awful; it can complicate many of these steps. However, a genuine attempt has to be made and this isn't it.

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[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I'm skeptical they hired a really publicist, but imagine this was one of your clients

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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

This is why I decided to not be famous.

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[-] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

I am Time's Person of the Year 2006.

I'd tell this guy to cease and desist too. Fuckin nutcase.

[-] CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Well played

[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Poor guy can't shake it off.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

You guys don't understand, HE'S the main character!

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[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago

some heavy Mark David Chapman vibes goin on there...

[-] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Okay, just don't let your tea get cold.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago

I feel like maybe his diagnosis of PTSD is not legitimate.

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