one thing that will never fail to make me stop believing in something is the group of people who believe in it too. not sure what this would be called
its like. someone could say ‘i wish there were more lunch options than peas in the school cafeteria i dont really like peas’ (imaginary example) and i go yeah me neither. and then someone goes 'yeah peas suck’ someone else goes 'they shouldnt even offer peas at all’ 'honestly i cant imagine liking peas’ 'people who like peas are weird!’ 'if you like peas im going to assume you my moral enemy’ and its like woah hey guys maybe im going to take a step to the pea likers side because this is getting weird
people are asking if this is about fandoms or about a specific line of discourse and i dont know how to tell you but any time a large group of people starts really angrily creating an imaginary devil in their mind ive made it a habit to step back and go 'now wait a minute’ not as someone who has never done this but as someone who tries to learn from their mistakes