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Comment author: jimrandomh 10 August 2010 02:05:19PM *  12 points [-]

Don't ingest words from a poisoned discourse unless you have a concrete reason to think you're immune.

Politics is often poisoned deliberately. Other topics are sometimes poisoned accidentally, by concentrated confusion. Gibberish is toxic; if you bend your mind to make sense of it, your whole mind warps slightly. You see concentrated confusion every time you watch a science fiction show on television; their so-called science is actually made from mad libs. Examples are everywhere; do not assume that there is meaning beneath all confusion.

Comment author: ata 11 August 2010 04:57:22AM 2 points [-]

Gibberish is toxic; if you bend your mind to make sense of it, your whole mind warps slightly.

That is very well put.