But often the people that most vehemently stamp their feet about how rational they are, are the most emotionally-driven (and spiteful) motherfuckers in the planet. Cranking about how they are rational beings while being entirely driven by negative emotions from high school times that they never addressed.
The illusion that we are "rational" has done more damage than good, and if we were to just embrace that emotions are not just real, but a stronger influence on people's behaviour (and therefore reality) than any facts, we might start getting somewhere as a species.
I was never banned on Reddit (did get the boot from like 3 subs but that was in 10 years of redditing) β but I manually purged my account when I left.
They blocked the piracy comm
That was enough for me.