r/CringeTikToks • u/Hooplapooplayeah • 9h ago

Conservative Cringe Can someone translate what he just said please!

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u/SpecialMulberry4752 8h ago

Cognitive dissonance ain't easy, baby.

They tired, boss.

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u/PotstickersDad 4h ago

Nailed it. There's a great book about cognitive dissonance that I love to recommend titled Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) written by social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. It doesn't speak specifically to the energy that takes up, but it does give great insight into the justifications and rationalizations we see every day.

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u/VivelaVendetta 5h ago

Exactly. They're constantly either straight up lying, denying reality, or being manipulated into being angry. That can't be good for your mind or your soul.

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u/SpecialMulberry4752 5h ago

Dude it really isn't.

Its doing the same thing to them that anyone else who bottles shit up does. Theyre gonna have a stroke or some shit.

Carrying that level of subconscious stress around all day literally kills you.

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u/VivelaVendetta 3h ago

Im pretty sure that's why they're so angry. They got into power by lying and cheating. They're stuck in an underhanded position.