ickplant@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 9 hours agoWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down15
arrow-up1443arrow-down1imageWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·5 hours agoHe kept talking about Hannibal Lecter because someone mentioned asylum for immigrants, and the only “asylum” he knows is an insane asylum. So he started talking about Hannibal Lecter every time he mentioned immigrants, equating them with insane cannibals who want to eat you.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 hours agoIs there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
minus-squareMerva@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoAnd only peope who were as extremely stupid as himself would have ever realised that connection.
He kept talking about Hannibal Lecter because someone mentioned asylum for immigrants, and the only “asylum” he knows is an insane asylum.
So he started talking about Hannibal Lecter every time he mentioned immigrants, equating them with insane cannibals who want to eat you.
Is there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
Autohypnosis
And only peope who were as extremely stupid as himself would have ever realised that connection.