#CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #WearAMask #N95 #peerpressure @novid

In current bad news, University of Washington Medical facilities have done away w/their masking policy. They were the last medical facility holding out for masking in #WA state. #PeerPressure seems to be the most powerful force on Earth, more powerful than logic, reasoning…and science. I know medicine isn’t science but without science it isn’t medicine, either. Should we trust practitioners who put us at risk while we breathe? #UWMedical #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp

it looks like all the cool people are talking on the Mastodon topic hashtag channel

I, too, am a cool people

#Mastodon
#PeerPressure

Are there gender differences in the extent to which peer influence & friend selection explain risky behaviors (smoking, drinking, delinquency) in adolescents?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30923419

#NICHDImpact #Youth #Friendship #PeerPressure #Smoking #Drinking #Gender

Galataria survived the Devolution War generations ago. Now they too are on the brink of extinction.

Memories of a war cross the dimensional boundary to Kalara and Leonard.

At least, they think the dreams are nightmares of Galataria's past.

Shalin and Jendal on Earth, the dreams are peaceful and serene. A beauty in life they have never seen.

#Bullying

#ComingofAge

#PeerPressure

#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JCSGFGP

https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-4000-people-baptized-at-california-beach.html #ReligiousTrauma #indoctrination #coercion #peerpressure #cults If you were coerced into a religious vow, covenant, promise, or oath -including baptism or “Purity” pledge - you are under NO OBLIGATION to remain obedient or adherent! Such agreements are made under emotional & psychological duress, during times of vulnerability. This is especially true in childhood & adolescence - but also other life transitions.

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Disaster builds on disaster.

The Earth shakes and begins the process of opening the Rio Sea, where once a great ocean thrived.

Yellowstone awakes, blanketing much of the continent with ash, and inducing a multi-year winter and famine.

People and animals must adapt to a changed world, reliant on each other.

#ComingofAge

#Disaster

#PeerPressure

#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J5CMDRD

I will clarify: my parents both work from home, test before we (the kids) come to visit, don’t hang out with people maskless, wear #N95 respirators, don’t eat indoors, etc.

For me, doing #maskless community theater would be a nightmare. I would simply…not cave to #PeerPressure and state to my friends that I refuse to be involved unless they seriously improve their #COVID precautions. But my mom doesn’t feel the same way, and it’s mysterious and making me sad.

Disaster builds on disaster.

The Earth shakes and begins the process of opening the Rio Sea, where once a great ocean thrived.

Yellowstone awakes, blanketing much of the continent with ash, and inducing a multi-year winter and famine.

People and animals must adapt to a changed world, reliant on each other.

#ComingofAge

#Disaster

#PeerPressure

#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J5CMDRD

Galataria survived the Devolution War generations ago. Now they too are on the brink of extinction.

Memories of a war cross the dimensional boundary to Kalara and Leonard.

At least, they think the dreams are nightmares of Galataria's past.

For Shalin and Jendal on Earth, the dreams are peaceful and serene. A beauty in life they have never seen.

#Bullying

#ComingofAge

#PeerPressure

#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09JCSGFGP

Tammy's move to the city opens secrets hidden from her, many on the horse farms around her.

Some secrets her family thought she knew.

Others, they hoped would never affect her.

Building a future means forging unexpected bonds and traveling roads she never imagined.

#ComingOfAge

#PeerPressure

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JKXDWD8

https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths/abendinthefuture

#KindleUnlimited

#Belonging

New Campaign Slogan:

Vote for me! Come on, everybody's doing it!

#Politics #Campaign #Slogan #Voting #PeerPressure

The secrets of cooperation
https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2023/secrets-of-cooperation

#Gossip and #PeerPressure can promote #cooperation better than punishment. Humans tend to gossip more with closer friends and about distant acquaintances for negative behavior which helps people to learn who to #cooperate with and who to avoid. Using social cues to encourage #BehaviorChange results in better outcomes than insisting people change.

@Cahoowdy 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️
it’s approximately every 2.5 months; i keep tabs

there’s 1 cashier who always double masks properly but her “excuse” is her mother is 80-something #peerPressure

have a 30 yr old acquaintance that i always talk to at my store &
she seems to be “managing” but can see in real time her health declining; she looks older than me..how old i should look (45)

can’t imagine how her internal organs are doing tho as not even full year of 0 caution #acceleratedAging #HBP #Rx

A Bend in the Future

Tammy's move to the city opens secrets hidden from her, many on the horse farms around her.

Some secrets her family thought she knew.

Others, they hoped would never affect her.

Building a future means forging unexpected bonds and traveling roads she never imagined.

#ComingOfAge
#PeerPressure

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JKXDWD8
- Abby Brown

https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths/abendinthefuture

#KindleUnlimited

#Belonging

Disaster builds on disaster.

The Earth shakes and begins the process of opening the Rio Sea, where once a great ocean thrived.

Yellowstone awakes, blanketing much of the continent with ash, and inducing a multi-year winter and famine.

People and animals must adapt to a changed world, reliant on each other.

#ComingofAge
#Disaster
#PeerPressure
#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J5CMDRD

Disaster builds on disaster.

The Earth shakes and begins the process of opening the Rio Sea, where once a great ocean thrived.

Yellowstone awakes, blanketing much of the continent with ash, and inducing a multi-year winter and famine.

People and animals must adapt to a changed world, reliant on each other.

#ComingofAge
#Disaster
#PeerPressure
#ScienceFiction

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09J5CMDRD - Gail Brown

Galataria survived the Devolution War generations ago. Now they too are on the brink of extinction.

Memories of a war cross the dimensional boundary to Kalara and Leonard.

At least, they think the dreams are nightmares of Galataria's past.

For Shalin and Jendal on Earth, the dreams are peaceful and serene. A beauty in life they have never seen.

#Bullying
#ComingofAge
#PeerPressure
#ScienceFiction

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things.

Intelligence is not rationality.

An absurd ideological belief is a form of tribal signalling. It signifies that one considers their ideology more important than truth, reason, sanity. To one's allies, this is an oath of unwavering loyalty. To one's enemies, it is a threat display.

🔗 https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/why-smart-people-hold-stupid-beliefs

#psychology #sociology #rationality #irrationallity #peerpressure @sociology #beliefs #loyalty #delution #intelligence #idiological

#Intriguing

"He concludes that whenever new forms of communications increase, so does #bullshit. And the more social this social technology is, there’s higher #peerpressure to #participate in bullshit. The reason: despite lack of knowledge, people on social media feel pressure to form and share opinions.

https://blog.atomicpoet.org/YdJMHV8ASc2E_loByi0vRQ#