KYM Workshop: Circlejerk
I’ve found that a Circlejerk can be defined as: What tends to occur when a collection of people of similar views on a debatable or controversial subject discuss those views. Without external opinion, the jerkers gain gratification from knowing that their opinions are in the majority. This leads to a sort of two party syndrome, whereby everyone outside the jerk is immediately stupid, misguided, or foolish for not sharing the beliefs of the ‘clearly superior’ group. (This can be seen with sports teams;...