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Think. Again.

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14. I agree...
Wed Oct 11, 2023, 05:02 AM
Oct 2023

...I wonder about our society's habit of assuming that just because something is considered "normal", it must be the more correct way of being, and that any other way of being must be an inadequacy of some kind.

"It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society" -Jiddu Krishnamurti

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What would you do if... [View all] MutantAndProud Oct 2023 OP
Sounds like Fox News (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2023 #1
Sounds like the way Scientologists use the English language. Or MAGAts. fierywoman Oct 2023 #2
You know MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #5
I once had a friend who started the Scientology program (it was in LA and I think she fierywoman Oct 2023 #6
Ha. MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #9
According to her, it was what they really did. fierywoman Oct 2023 #10
Ha you never know exactly why MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #11
That was the premise of the "Hush" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Shermann Oct 2023 #3
Haven't seen Buffy in years MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #4
That's kind of my life cyclonefence Oct 2023 #7
Actually that has been happening to me more than a little MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #8
You might be interested ... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #12
I'm aware of those MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #13
I agree... Think. Again. Oct 2023 #14
Ah it's been a while since I heard that quote MutantAndProud Oct 2023 #15
My sanity depends on that quote. Think. Again. Oct 2023 #16
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