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What's something that you were surprised to find out a lot of people hate? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Rinna@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think they don't struggle with the cognitive dissonance unless you really rub their nose in it, because there is hundreds of years of culture dedicated to finding the psychological tricks and mythology that allow them to relieve the tension without alleviating the cause.