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Apparently my theory was wrong.
When I'm feeling down, what snaps me out of it will be something which exhibits what TV Tropes would call the Determinator trope. Shinji 40k, Fate/stay Night UBW route, etcetera. 8 minutes of courage is that in highly concentrated form, and the silliness doesn't bother me. I guess, however, that this is an idiosyncratic response which doesn't extend to anyone else.
But yes, when I get up in the morning, and didn't get quite enough sleep, and the prospect of working on the rationality book fills me with weary dread, watching "8 Minutes of Courage" is enough to make me think, "YOU CALL THIS AN OBSTACLE? I CALL IT A SPEEDBUMP".
Maybe when MoR finishes, I'll find someone with the flash skills to do some slogans set to the Rationality Patronus and the music of Emiya #0.
I tend to think of myself as someone who's nothing like a Determinator, so looking at that particular video made me feel inadequate.
That's something like it at my end-- we're definitely in PJ Eby territory of how different people hear advice.
With an added layer of "would you really like another round of why there aren't many women at LW?",
About pep talks, mostly from people who hate them. It would probably be useful to get some counterbalancing detail from people who like them.
I think pep talks only work on me when I'm in a reasonable mood to begin with, and even then they can still backfire some of the time.
(I tried to find an appropriate Gurren Lagann clip to link to, but the copyright police are keeping them off of Youtube. Sorry!)
I have a similar response, but it is concentrated to only very few of the slogans, probably one in twenty or less. "Do not settle for second, winning is everything" has little or no effect on me, nor do some of the more outrageous/offensive/sexual ones, but "THEY DIED FOR YOU; LIVE FOR THEM" or "FALL SEVEN TIMES; GET UP EIGHT" are like a direct injection of energy.
My response is probably concentrated to one in five or something like that.