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What Happens In The Brain When We Dislike Somebody – Headspace
“In order to understand what happens in your body when you dislike someone, you can start by trying to understand fear. As Robert Sapolsky writes in “Why Your Brain Hates Other People,” when we see someone who even looks different from us, “there is preferential activation of the amygdala,” which means the brain region associated with fear and aggression flares up. This visceral, emotional reaction can spark a long-term pattern of dislike when it’s validated by action: if you perceive that someone has hurt you, your fear of them becomes rational. Our negative feelings toward someone get stronger as bad experiences with them pile up, and these negative thoughts trigger the fight-or-flight response in our bodies.”
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“And how life on your own terms might end in a blaze, not a sunset.”
— Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
That line — “how life on your own terms might end in a blaze, not a sunset” — speaks to a deeper truth at the heart of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Here’s a breakdown of what it means:
🔹 “Life on your own terms”
This refers to choosing freedom over conformity, even when it’s risky. Butch and Sundance live outside the law, not because they’re evil, but because they refuse to be boxed in by society’s rules. They’re chasing a life that feels real — unpredictable, open, dangerous — but theirs.
🔹 “Might end in a blaze”
A blaze represents something dramatic, violent, or heroic — like the film’s final shootout. It’s not a quiet death, not a fade-out. It’s going out with intensity, in action, without surrender. This symbolizes the cost of living freely: sometimes, it burns out fast.
🔹 “Not a sunset”
A sunset suggests peace, retirement, rest — a long life winding down gently. It’s the “safe” ending, the kind we’re told to aim for. But Butch and Sundance are too wild, too untamed, to ride off into one. Their story isn’t about safety — it’s about freedom, even if it comes at the end of a barrel.
🔹 The Meaning in Context
The film’s final freeze-frame — as they run into a hopeless gunfight — perfectly captures this idea. They chose a life of adventure and risk, and they stayed true to it until the very end. There’s no regret in that. Just the price of being free.
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“Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.”
— Habeeb Akande
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“Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself.”
— Suzy Kassem
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We Dislike Hypocrites Because They Deceive Us
“Perhaps the most critical piece of evidence for the theory of hypocrisy as false signaling is that people disliked hypocrites more than so-called ‘honest hypocrites.’ In a fourth online study, the researchers tested perceptions of ‘honest hypocrites,’ who — like traditional hypocrites — condemn behaviors that they engage in, but who also admit that they sometimes commit those behaviors. ‘The extent to which people forgive honest hypocrites was striking to us,’ says Jordan. ‘These honest hypocrites are seen as no worse than people who commit the same transgressions but keep their mouths shut and refrain from judging others for doing the same — suggesting that the entirety of our dislike for hypocrites can be attributed to the fact that they falsely signal their virtue.’”
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copycat
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈkɒp.i.kæt/ US /ˈkɑː.pi.kæt/
one who imitates or adopts the behavior or practices of another
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“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
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7. Satan represents man as just another animal, sometimes better, more often worse than those that walk on all-fours, who, because of his “divine spiritual and intellectual development,” has become the most vicious animal of all!
— Anton Szandor LaVey/ The Satanic Bible
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Narcissism: Symptoms and Signs
Other signs include:
- A sense of self-importance, exaggerating their achievements and talents
- A preoccupation with fantasies of success, power, or brilliance
- A belief that they’re more special or unique than others and should only associate with other high-status people
- Envy of others or the belief that others are envious of them
- Insisting they have the best of everything
- Feeling they deserve privileges and special treatment
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“Big fish eat little fish” is an classical proverb that indicates the predatory nature of humans and the vicious cycle of exploitation that exists in the business world; where rich and powerful people or organisations will exploit, swallow up or destroy those who are weaker, poorer and less powerful, and in turn those who are exploited, accordingly, follow the example of those who exploit them.