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**Ifroham4** · 08-15-2013, 01:39 PM

It has been an intense source of angst for me for about 10 years now, right? Can't believe it's been that long.
I'm of the opinion, though, that the hypocrisy induces a great deal of cognitive dissonance in our society, and that dissonance has to reach a breaking point, a realization.
It's like when a person represses something they fear, perhaps an extreme fear of being judged as Ugly by their peers, so they do a lot to avoid attention, and often have nightmares about it. Until one day something snaps, a nightmare or dream or impulse from someone, a film or book, something initiates a change and they realize that it doesn't matter, or that they are in fact beautiful in some way.
Life changes after that.

08-15-2013, 01:39 PM	#34
Ifroham4 Join Date Apr 2007 Posts 5,196 Senior Member	It has been an intense source of angst for me for about 10 years now, right? Can't believe it's been that long. I'm of the opinion, though, that the hypocrisy induces a great deal of cognitive dissonance in our society, and that dissonance has to reach a breaking point, a realization. It's like when a person represses something they fear, perhaps an extreme fear of being judged as Ugly by their peers, so they do a lot to avoid attention, and often have nightmares about it. Until one day something snaps, a nightmare or dream or impulse from someone, a film or book, something initiates a change and they realize that it doesn't matter, or that they are in fact beautiful in some way. Life changes after that.
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