#Cognitive war

[gallifreyanhotfive]

The Doctor: *exists*

The Master every few centuries: I want to crawl inside your body.

#cognition shift #the keepers of traken #doctor who tv movie #tv movie #the power of the doctor #doctor who #dw #dr who #classic who #new who #fourth doctor #thirteenth doctor #eighth doctor #war master #dhawan!master #jacobi master #crispy master #the master #the doctor #thoschei #doctor/master #doctor x master

[waterloggedsoliloquy]

what

#cecil draws #i don't think thrawn would visibly show any reaction to this: #that this whole time sicelys just passively and casually anticipating arbitrary violence from him with them as the receptacle #and that they think this is an acceptable tradeoff for the privilege of proximity #but he would be quietly horrified on the matter. #listen. fighting a teenager in a war context is one thing. brutalizing a prisoner/diplomat teenager is another. #(and even if he didnt make a general distinction between the two his cognitive dissonance would kick in and he'd invent a reason why sicely #is an exception.) #even though speaking frankly the basis of that reason would be ''because i possess them'' #sicely nohell #im too embarrassed to put this one in the thrawn tag

[heart-of-a-rebel16]

if Disney weren’t fucking cowards they would cast David Oyelowo as live action Kallus

#Or let him show up literally anywhere #Mr Oyelowo I need you to kiss cgi zeb #For science I promise #Although! I was present when Moses Ingram was cast as Reva #And I know what the internet would do to him if he ever was cast as kallus #So I live on the cognitive dissonance of wanting him to be his character in live action #And not wanting him to face the wrath of racist Star Wars fans #Anyways #david o! #star wars rebels #swr #sw rebels #agent kallus #alexsandr kallus

[secular-jew]

""Hamas has hundreds of taped hours of their massacre => this proves that it was the IDF who did it.

The Moscow terrorists have many tapes killing everyone whilst screaming Islamic sentences => this proves that Israel is behind the attack.

As I've recently explained, there is NOTHING that has surprised me more about human nature then the inability to change one's anchored opinions irrespective of how much evidence one is presented to the contrary.

If you believe that the Jews are behind all calamities, there is nothing to anchor you away from your genocidal debauchery of hate. The more evidence that is presented against an opposing ideology, the more that this is "proof" that it is the Jews' fault.""

#israel #secular-jew #jewish #judaism #israeli #jerusalem #diaspora #secular jew #secularjew #islam #cognitive dissonance #islamism #propaganda #pallywood #antisemitism #israel hamas war #Hamas #hezbollah #islamic jihad #gad saad

[boeing747]

like listen i dont think russia needs any defending but its amazing to me how "all russians are evil genocide supporting warmongers" mentality so often coexists with "every representative on every political level in my country is actively supporting a genocide in palestine and overwhelmingly anyone speaking out against it is punished and blacklisted and arrested" like ????????????????????????????? are we not on the same page? that our political systems as a whole inherently support the murder and disenfranchisement and ethnic cleansing of vast swathes of population for a nations own political gain?? how is my uncle being pilled by russian propoganda any different than your uncle being pilled by the every single Palestinian is a terrorist and deserves to die narrative being pushed out??? is it not a curse that we must collectively organize and fight against ???

#speaking on this topic because i am in fact russian-ukranian sorry guys my aunt lives in a fucking warzone and half cousins are refugees #and no. i dont think russians as a whole need defending because their daddy government is doing ethic cleansing obviously. what i mean is #the crazy cognitive dissonance that allows us to completely lose sight of solidarity. something that actually would benefit every anti-war #and pro peace movement in the world. #are we not only as strong as our unwavering principles of peace? #i simply do not believe that let the citizens of a country experience pain and repression and isolation and laugh until they overthrow thei #government somehow is a rational approach to solving global issues. and i feel like this should be overwhelmingly evident to most people

[visenyaism]

Ever since I watched HOT D I have felt conflicted about Alicent's character because I can't figure out her motivation. At the beginning it's clear she's only doing what Otto wants but later on... What is the reason she wants her son to be on the throne so bad ? ( When it doesn't seem to me like she cares about having power )

The only thing that I see is that she is extremely bitter and angry that she had to be this perfect woman when she was still a child and marry and have children with and old man. Meanwhile her friend is just fucking around not respecting any of the value she has to uphold.

But idk is it really only anger at Rhaenyra that makes her want this ?

one of the reasons I like alicent as a character so much is the 8 layers of cognitive dissonance she processes everything through at all times. She’s constantly trying to convince herself everything will be fine and also not allowing herself to really want anything for herself. She’s not a rational actor because she was robbed of the ability to emotionally mature past the age of 15 in a lot of respects, but it makes her a compelling (and confusing!) character.

I think it’s safe to say that on a fundamental level she at least wants a) to be close to Rhaenyra b) for her family to be safe and for her father to be proud of her and c) for someone to acknowledge her suffering (she cannot conceptualize a world where what she went through didn’t have to happen, she just wants anyone to recognize it as painful.)

She thought that Rhaenyra was also going to be suffering in a loveless marriage alongside her, and they’d have that in common. To see her “breaking the rules” that have made Alicent’s entire life completely miserable is just too much. She got her life destroyed by this system and by Viserys wanting sons, and he doesn’t even care about them OR about her, he only loves his eldest daughter even though SHE “breaks” all of these “rules.” That’s super emotionally devastating, and Alicent decides to pin that on Rhaenyra instead of her father or Viserys because if she did that, she would actually have to deal with the years of emotional trauma and violence that she’s been repressing. She can’t see a way out, so she just projects the rage she cannot internalize onto Rhaenyra.

Her father spent decades trying to convince her that Rhaenyra was going to be a threat to her family in the event of a succession, an idea he stood to gain a lot from, but it also isn’t totally crazy. Aegon Aemond and Daeron WERE threats to Rhaenyra’s claim. Putting Aegon on the throne was the only pathway that Alicent had been drilled to envision for decades, and the only one she thought would keep her kids safe. Also- if one in her life is going to acknowledge what happened to her was horrible and wrong, then at least everything she’s went through has to be worth something. Aegon’s coronation was also the culmination of that idea for her.

She doesn’t want power because she cannot even conceptualize having power as an option for herself- she’s never pictured herself on the throne, and she’s only trying to make a window in the wall of her prison. I don’t think she ever envisioned what her life would be like after she got Aegon on the throne, so I’m real excited to see what she’s going to be doing in season 2. TLDR it’s not about getting specifically Aegon on the throne that’s important, but more about following the rules she’s been taught will make her happy and safe and successful, even though on some level she knows that all it’s ever done is hurt her. Free alicent from the narrative she knows what story she’s in and she knows there’s no way out💚💔

#hotd #asoiaf #this got long. sorry for being an alicent defender 4 lyfe she is so interesting to me #we just watched ep 9 where she’s running around like crown aegon but save rhaenyra but listen to my father but avoid war but but but. girl #alicent hightower #she has so many layers of that sweet sweet cognitive dissonance. yum psychological problems. want to study her under a microscope #she doesn’t go to church because of hightower instinct she is COPING

[news4dzhozhar]

#cornel west #alan dershowitz #cognitive dissonance #delusional #baby killers #baby killer israel #israel is committing genocide #genocide #israel is an apartheid state #apartheid #ethnic cleansing #illegal settlements #illegal occupation #icc war crimes tribunal #save palestine #free palestine 🇵🇸

[small-spark-of-light]

heres some thoughts on Infectat from evadare!! i dont think he can talk, so he uses sign language :0

#incredibox #incredibox fanart #evadare #infectat #jacko #his clothing looks a lot like a military uniform #and since he was brought by Jacko to help get Rafe i figured hes a sailor #who ended up dying and coming back due to the infection #idk what caused the massive crater in the side of his head #i think he was hit with a canon ball :0 like it hit him from his front/back and went through #Agatha gives him potions and medicines to keep from decaying and to keep the infection from progressing #there are plenty of other infected #but hes the only one to keep his cognitive functions and what not #he doesnt remember much of when he was alive other than some vague memories of the war and the people he cared for #he doesnt remember his own name ;A; #sparks creations

[emeraldspiral]

Lmao, thinking Ben "literally groomed by a predator since he was in the womb" Solo isn't woobified by the narrative itself. Get the fuck outta here man.

#kylo ren #ben solo #star wars #imagine making a post like that #and being an anti #what's it like living with that cognitive dissonance

[givemewallywestorgivemedeath]

Clark: i dont have any idea whats going on but i DO know one thing and its that this woman is trying to hurt Wally's kid and thats not gonna fly

Man poor Clark. Dude is trying so hard to understand and help out but he's just... so slow. The man is like living molasses in Flash Time.

From his perspective it was just a normal day then giant spaceships came out of nowhere and suddenly there is an army of blurs and he just starts teleporting from place to place before he can even register the locations.

Then suddenly he's with familiar blurs, ones clad in red and yellow. Their forms fading in and out like hummingbird wings, voices more akin to mice squeaking than actual language. If he didn't have his superhearing and his ability to hear inhumanly high pitches, he wouldn't have a chance at understanding them. They try to stay still long enough for Clark to talk to them.

He says "What is going-" and then they're gone again. He didn't even finish the question.

Then there's just one blur around. Small, orangey-red at the top, must be Wally's daughter Irey. Before he can even register that information she's being choked by some unknown blur halfway across the room. Something touches his hands and he doesn't even have time to look at them, he just grabs. He was desperate at this point. Good or bad, whoever this was they were staying put until Clark got some answers.

Anyway I think it's very funny that the Kryptonians are aware that something is happening. But they can't do anything about it. It must be incredibly frustrating and confusing to them.

They can hear the screams of the people who died and the people who are trapped in rubble. They would have seen/heard the spaceships come in. They came in at a normal speed so they would have had time to react to that. They know it's an alien invasion, they know people are dying and they know that they can't help.

#its interesting to me that literally the only people on earth who are aware of this would be the Flash family and the Super Fam #i forget what it is exactly but i believe the speedsters are experiencing one day every second and a half #this whole thing will be six weeks long for them and one minute long for everyone else #Clark though... let's be generous and say he's moving at a quarter of there speed. he can say words at least and move which is pretty good #so Clark will experience 1.7 days in ten real seconds. the Flash fam will experience 7 days in that same time frame #So the Kryptonians will have 10 and a half days of total confusion and despair. it sounds like a lot and it sounds like they should be able #help. but remember that the speedsters (including the bad guys) will have SIX WEEKS. there's just not a lot the Kryptonians can do except #feel bad. at least everyone else only has one minute of seeing a confusing and scary blurry world #like Roy and Donna saw the space ships come down and then everything's been a blur since then #there's no cognition there. they're not even out of shock yet. #anyway i just think its neat #dc #dc comics #the flash #superman #Clark Kent #one minute war

[drafthorsemath]

Here's a documentary about the cult I was raised in. My dad started listening to this guy in the late 70's before there was any end of the world prediction but things slowly got more and more extreme. What you're seeing in the documentary happened when I was about 25. At that point I didn't know anything else and my life felt like it was not my own. We were not allowed to doubt the prediction and were so isolated, hiding in plain sight. I started deconstruction in July 2011 and was later diagnosed with Complex PTSD. Unfortunately, this documentary focuses on the adults who were what we call first gen (even the college student). Those who are recruited and not born in, but us second and third gen survivors are out there. Our stories are just as important, but this gives anyone who is curious an idea of how ordinary people can get trapped in a cult. There are still children trapped in the offshoot of this cult and I hope they can escape too.

#cult #cult mention #cw: cult #tw: cult #family radio #harold camping #not star wars #bounded choice #cognitive dissonance #Youtube

[ixix82]

"there's laundry to do and a genocide to stop" by Vinay Krishnan

#vinay krishnan #poem #poetry #stress #anxiety #genocide #war #worries #global warming #cognitive dissonance #im trying #trying my best

[tomorrowusa]

ProTip: When you're a cognitively impaired self-proclaimed "stable genius", it's not a good idea to accuse others of being cognitively impaired.

Donald Trump essentially created raw material for an ad for Democrats at his speech at the Family Research Council.

In his latest gaffe-laden speech, Donald Trump appeared to suggest former President Barack Obama was running in 2024 as he warned that “cognitively impaired” President Joe Biden could lead the country into “World War Two” if he wins re-election. During his remarks at the Washington DC Pray Vote Stand Summit on Friday, the former president said: “We have a man who is totally corrupt and the worst president in the history of our country, who is cognitively impaired, in no condition to lead, and is now in charge of dealing with Russia and possible nuclear war.” “Just think of it. We would be in World War Two very quickly if we’re going to be relying on this man, and far more devastating than any war,” he continued as dramatic music swelled in the background.

Maybe if Trump attended his history classes instead of cutting class to steal ketchup packets from McDonald's he'd know that World War II was started by his fascist icons in Europe.

Of course Trump was attempting to act as a mouthpiece for his overlord, the "savvy genius" Vladimir Putin – but botched the line.

Let's not overlook Trump's hilarious unforced error in the same speech.

The former president said he was beating Mr Obama, the 44th president, in the 2024 election polls and then appeared to suggest he had beaten him in 2016 before correcting himself that his opponent then was Hillary Clinton.

Are you really beating somebody if that person isn't even running against you? 😆

Republicans and Russian meme makers want Americans to focus on Biden's age while ignoring Trump's mental unfitness – as well as HIS age. It's time to quit being defensive and go on the attack.

If you see or hear any reference to Biden's age in the news media when, in the same story Trump's age or fitness are being ignored, it's a good idea to contact that organization and ask why they are being so obviously one-sided.

Trump's dementia challenge: Fear of Alzheimer's has him scrambling

Oh, and isn't somebody who throws food around and has temper tantrums more likely to start a nuclear war?

#donald trump #world war ii #cognitively impaired #trump's dementia #throwing food #temper tantrums #barack obama #family research council #mary trump #gop presidential nomination #election 2024 #Youtube

[faggotry-enjoyer]

oh i'm definitely gonna lose some friends for this one huh

#already got vagueposted about by one former friend as 'comparing pro-palestine sentiments to antisemitism' #direct quote 'israel desperately wants them to believe this is a religious war and not a genocide' #same guy who said 'boy howdy do we know their side of the story' and ten short texts later said verbatim: #'we can't use religion as birthright thats stupid and the Number One Tool of Colonizers' #which is a STAGGERING amount of cognitive dissonance #as if religion is the relevant part and not the literal historical fact of jewish indigineity to eretz israel #mind you at the time of the vaguepost the ONLY thing i said regarding palestine #was that if your 'support' for palestinians includes sharing basic antisemitic dogwhistles and blatantly lying about history #then that 'support' will accomplish nothing for palestinians and only get jews killed #and i feel like looking at that and insisting that i'm comparing all pro-palestinian sentiment to antisemitism is uh. telling #we'll see how this ends up going - i fear it may not be the greatest for my social life but i stand by what i said #bc even if i am wrong about Everything directly surrounding israel and palestine #i was strictly discussing antisemitism in the discourse surrounding it #and a longer version of 'no stance on israel makes you immune to antisemitism and antisemitism runs deep and will affect your thinking on #the matter and refusing to acknowledge that is dangerous' isn't actually dependent on the intracacies of the conflict it's just True #and i'm not gonna back down again i'm not going to downplay antisemitism again i'm not going to give up #i'm not sure if i have jewish friends i simply do not know about who see what i say on there #but if i do then i need it to be clear they have Someone who is willing to fight for them #and if not i still need to make it clear i won't stand for blatant antisemitism no matter whose name it's in #the only thing that would make me consider taking down what i said is if i believed it's counterproductive #and part of me wonders if it is - i don't want to put people on the defense bc that's simply not conducive to good faith discussion #but at the same time i know that a lot of what i've needed to hear was fed up or harsh words #that i started off just reading and keeping my defensiveness inside until they sunk in over time #and maybe my frustration will have that effect for someone #damn i really need to make some jewish friends... maybe after break i'll reach out to hillel or a local shul to ask if they could use a han #or something idk we'll see #personal #faggotry enjoyer original

[eggchjf]

okay actually wait i need to word-vomit a bit

Putting this under Read More bc the screencaps I took use a lot of space. sorry X_X

This is just me rambling incoherently. These thoughts just wouldn’t leave me alone

(they weren’t lying btw that shit really DID look just like my migraine auras)

Considering all this I feel like actually, you probably COULD perma-kill a Ship-Self (which... given they basically ARE the pilots... yeah that’s basically killing the pilot for good)? Just target their squishy human self in the cockpit. If we’re keeping w/ the LGBT/“othering minority groups” metaphors I imagine you could read this as “There are some people you should never, ever come out to and express your true self in front of, bc their rejection of you can put you in actual, life-threatening danger”. Like... to me the fact that there happens to be insta-kill military drones AT ALL is kinda telling.

And considering in this universe, minorities can basically be Othered/dehumanized so hard by societal expectations that they’re literally transcending into inhuman entities? And how people, IRL or otherwise, tend to treat those they don’t see as human? :S

Like... there‘s a lot of Iapetuses (”Iapeti”? yeah that sounds better) out there. Hell, there’s probably people who’d think he’s not going far enough in what he’s doing and want to turn all the OTHER social rejects into Existential Threats to use as punching bags... if not just get rid of them altogether.

tl;dr if there’s a few things I know about the Iapetus-like figures of the world (given the all-but-outright-stated homophobia and transphobia), it’s that A) they’re VERY pushy and outright violent when rejected and B) ...sadly VERY good at coming together and fighting on a cohesive front. (What’s been happening in the world the past few years is a testament to that, IMO >_<) They’re not gonna come to play-fight and make out with them about their issues; they’re gonna come up and try dragging them back into Earth’s Culture and gravity kicking and screaming. (If not just make fucktons of those autonomous drones and then... yeah)

...where was I going with this? uhhhh... idk. I guess all I can say is:

#cellblock wisdom #heaven will be mine #hwbm #tbh I'm kinda rambling here. don't mind this too much #also the way gravity/Culture works makes me think of Persona #the whole 'human cognition/societal expectations and beliefs can literally affect reality' thing #that's why they got all them Final Boss Gods of the Week (tm) #ALSO ALSO it's probably just bc Cold War but it's interesting they chose the 1980s as the years #given as the 80s went on the AIDS crisis kicked in and REALLY wrecked the LGBT community #that's probably just a coincidental choice but given how the IRL 1980s felt about that... hmmmm...

[gund-arminc]

not to be biased but... arguing that sulemio won't survive this is like saying a coffee bean major at cafe school, heir apparent to the De'longhi enterprise, who once suggested using her company to make giant espresso machines, is going to dump her fiance for making French Press in front of her.

#g witch #the witch from mercury #g witch spoilers #the witch from mercury spoilers #sulemio #please don't vaguely belittle mio #she's smart enough to know what war entails #but u know cognitive dissonance and trauma and all that #she didn't think about having to crush the beans ok? #give her time