What is “the groupthink of the internet” and why do you think it doesn’t apply to you?

“The internet” has over 5 billion people using it. What makes you think you’re different? Lol

I’m authentic. Of course, that means accepting down votes.

I am a meat popsicle.

Downvotes are a placebo for impotent goons who want to feel that their opinions matter in the online social sphere, and that they have some influence over it.

Does that answer your question?

Are you really expecting me to know if some muppet using a chimp avatar is “authentic” (whatever this means) to himself? Sure, unlike other people I know what he’s thinking; but I don’t know his biases; it’s perfectly possible that he’s feeding the groupthink not because of what he says, but because of what he doesn’t say.

And more importantly his subjective statements (opinions) don’t fucking matter. Or at least nowhere as much as his descriptive statements, if true or false.

I read a book called Emotional Intelligence, and it taught me something really neat. When you have a split-second emotional reaction to something, the reason why that reaction is often later deemed unwise is because the neural pathways that led to that response literally bypass the part of your brain that does logical reasoning.

Don’t think of the two kinds of posts as “authentic” and “inauthentic.” You’re not worried about people wrongly scolding you for saying what you really think. You’re worried people will rightly call out how irrational you’re being. The two kinds of posts are emotional and reasoned.

I make reasoned posts.