totally. it's always the people who claim to be ungoverned by emotion that are being ruled by them, usually right in that moment. they conflate having a somewhat non-reactive face with being logical.
it's like with propaganda. people who think / say they aren't influenced by it are generally most ensorcelled by it.
i used to imagine myself as a walking, talking science & logic machine. in my late 20s, i was at this listening session for public comment that was getting real heated. and after about the 10th debate bro shitstain in a blue blazer with khakis got up to speak in favor of the bad thing with their "logically" and "rationally" to all our hisses and boos, this little old guy comes up to the mic. then he says, "i've been around for a long time and it's become clear to me logic is a tool we use to justify decisions we have already made on an emotional level." guy was 50 yards away and wasn't even facing my direction, but headshot me all the same.
Same on the "used to think I was emotionless." After some soul searching and therapy, realize I am in fact very empathetic and have strong emotions but I conditioned myself as a child and teenager to suppress that.
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totally. it's always the people who claim to be ungoverned by emotion that are being ruled by them, usually right in that moment. they conflate having a somewhat non-reactive face with being logical.
it's like with propaganda. people who think / say they aren't influenced by it are generally most ensorcelled by it.
i used to imagine myself as a walking, talking science & logic machine. in my late 20s, i was at this listening session for public comment that was getting real heated. and after about the 10th debate bro shitstain in a blue blazer with khakis got up to speak in favor of the bad thing with their "logically" and "rationally" to all our hisses and boos, this little old guy comes up to the mic. then he says, "i've been around for a long time and it's become clear to me logic is a tool we use to justify decisions we have already made on an emotional level." guy was 50 yards away and wasn't even facing my direction, but headshot me all the same.
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well shoot, there's a 50 cent word. i'm gonna steal it
Same on the "used to think I was emotionless." After some soul searching and therapy, realize I am in fact very empathetic and have strong emotions but I conditioned myself as a child and teenager to suppress that.
I think it's more being uncomfortable with vulnerability than being unemotional
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