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sop

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5. It's called the disinhibition effect.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 07:57 AM

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Anonymity often makes people do and say worse things by reducing accountability and social inhibition, creating a detachment from real-world consequences, allowing for the expression of darker impulses and often making them act more aggressively..

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We know why they wear masks? [View all] kentuck Yesterday OP

No one knows how to approach the problem bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

I no longer recognize the country of my birth. It may be easier to see from here in Central America. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #2

many, it's been reported, were part of jan 6th as well. nt Javaman Yesterday #3

Because they want to be a secret police force? Zelda_Orchid Yesterday #4

It's called the disinhibition effect. sop Yesterday #5

its like how many people act like jerks in traffic MadameButterfly Yesterday #10

What drugs are they on? Sharma Dreihund Yesterday #6

Hitler's army was blitzed on amphetamines, speeding their Nazi brains out. Timeflyer Yesterday #9

Wow. I didn't know that MadameButterfly Yesterday #11

The book "Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich" by Norman Ohler goes into detail. Hitler had a personal doc Timeflyer Yesterday #12

The book claims drugs were also given to MadameButterfly Yesterday #13

I read that animal control officers have more training Irish_Dem Yesterday #7

ICE budget $28 BILLION--our tax dollars, not his, not the billionaire donors--ours, we the governed. Timeflyer Yesterday #8

Trump/GOP has ordered a jihad on American citizens with ICE. Thus, the masks. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #14

Because they don't want their momma to know what they're doing. TomSlick Yesterday #15