@DisaffectedPod Perhaps oldbreaking would be a good word to coin for this psychosocial thing you've noticed. It sounds a lot like oathbreaking and might borrow the serious negative connotation
@DisaffectedPod We may have to invent a word for the phenomenon, but I think it's the same thing that made people swept up in Mao's Cultural revolution join the bandwagon of delegitimizing and then destroying the Four Olds. Derision for Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Ideas & Old Habits ...
@DisaffectedPod ... worked to break down the protective elements of society until all that was left was a vulnerable substrate the cool new thing could take root in. The interpersonal exchange you noticed seems like an early stage of the process: You observe that a valuable Old is diminishing
@thepeacepoet99 I love following you! I listened to the whole Andrew Gold interview while I was cooking and didn't realize until the end that I was already following you on X 🙃
@CynsShadowland@GabsClark5 Before IA investigation was complete, both Harris & Biden publicly called for the officers to be charged in the shooting of Jacob Blake (who had an outstanding warrant for SA and was threatening his victim with a knife when she called the police). Harris visited Blake personally.
@DisaffectedPod 1: "feeling cute ☺️ teehee"
2: "TELL ME HOW 🤬 CUTE I AM"
I perceive a smug pleasure in his being weird and challenging his audience to affirm his weirdness