• kristina [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      going from building a treehouse to this is such an insane shift though. building a treehouse is a lot of effort if you were just hiding it

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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        It can be a combination of mental illness manifestation and racism coming to full view.

        There are many stories of seemingly normal and rational people becoming obsessed and paranoid and terrified of everything after 9/11.

        There are also stories about seemingly normal and rational people who got cooped up at home due to unemployment or the pandemic and got caught in QAnon and every time they blink they see literal babies on spikes.

      • SerLava [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        I know people this age who are becoming more and more paranoid and constantly talking about child molesters like all the time, like at random moments