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I want to add a harsh blue light to this color Silders Mixers R G B 198- 65 ÷ 34 ÷ MODE: RGB HSV LAB CMYK B/W WHY DO ALL MY ??? COLORS LOOK WASHED OUT HUE SHIFT TO THE COLOR I want to add a harsh blue light to this color - C64122 MY GRADIENT STEPS ARE UNEVEN WAIT Nooo the color wheel is too small so i cant move the cursor precisely!! Complementary color transitions have to go into the gray area?? OH ALSO YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE CURSOR LIKE THIS • C64122

connecting with humans logic humans don't live long so I'll cherish them for the time they're here avoiding connecting with humans logic oops I realized I humans don't live long so the time I spend with them is a small percentage of my life it doesn't matter that I remember every moment of it and am affected powerfully by it was in love with a human only 30 years after he died of old age-

OLDER GENERATIONS Retire with a Find job Work for 50 years house and pension YOUNGER GENERATIONS Go to college for 4+ years Switch jobs every few years to have competitive wages Save up for retirement and a house for decades Get cancer, die in debt made with mematic

PINT GALLON CUP EUROPEAN MENTAL GYMNASTICS QUART 1 x10 'MURICAN MENTAL GYMNASTICS x10 1/3 CUP TEA SPOON 16 CUP TABLE SPOON 2/3 CUP TEA SPOON 11 TARLE SPOON

Average Santa Believer Mental Gymnastics "Of course Santa Claus, A Saint, will Bring presents "It's Mr Christ's Birthday party..." Is so meaningless It won't even suit Idle chatter.." Average Santa Denier Mental Gymnastics "Asking how long you Believed in Santa Claus "The Santa that showed up At my Kindergarten Christmas Festival? I knew he was fake. Oh and I never saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus either" "C'mon Kyon" "If you want to know How long I believed In some old fat guy In a funky red suit I can tell you this: I never believed in him "But I have to say Even as a Little kid I knew Better than to Believe in some Old man who Worked only Once a year on Christmas" @SumeragiDandy_D

EVANGELION ENJOYER MENTAL GYMNASTICS Anno created Eva because he's a fan of toku and mecha, such as Ultraman Lit SO-CALLED EVANGELION FAN MENTAL GYMNASTICS Evangelion is a Hideaki Anno hates otaku culture All the Eva girls aren't meant to be lusted over deep introspective Evangelion is a deconstruction of mecha genre look on human psychology

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Mental Gymnastics refers to an exploitable counter-signal meme comparing two groups of people partaking in opposing interests. The format compares the groups' logic behind their preferences, with one group's reasoning being a simple one-step process and the other performing complex "mental gymnastics" to prove their point.

Origin

On December 11th, 2016, Facebook^[1] page Vegan Sidekick posted a cartoon which compared two people explaining their position on veganism. In the first, a person provides a simple reasoning for their choice, while the other providing five elaborate reasons, with the illustration depicting them performing complex "mental gymnastics."

I love animals Vegan Mental Gymnastics I care about animals so I avoid harming them. Non-vegan Mental Gymnastics top of the food chain, look at my Ocanine But killing them is totally legit right I did them a favour by breeding them and then killing them 16 www.vegansidekick.com and plants have feelings anyway

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On January 15th, 2018, an anonymous 4chan^[2] user posted the earliest found edit of the cartoon in thread on the /v/ board, compared with different approaches towards selecting their in-game gender (shown below, left).

In the same thread,^[3] another user responded with a reversed version of the meme (shown below, right).

NORMAL PEOPLE MENTAL GYMNASTICS I roleplay as my own sex to immerse myselif. GENDER SWAPPING MENTAL GYMNASTICS but female avatars usually have better fashion options you'te SUPPOSED to take on somebody else's role, so naturally I take on the role of a kawaii teenage cheerleader I don't want to stare at a man's ass all day I do it to stick it to the SJWs I don't have gender dysphoria

In the following years, both images received multiple reposts in /v/ and on other 4chan boards. Prior to June 24th, 2019, an anonymous 4chan^[4] user posted the earliest derivative meme based on the format (shown below).

NORMAL PEOPLE MENTAL GYMNASTICS A p-------- is someone sexually attracted to children, so being sexually attracted to children is p--------- Lolicon MENTAL GYMNASTICS It's just a drawing of a kid having sex, Looney Tunes shows pain and not a real kid having sex, so it's not stuff, so why isn't it considerd Nobody is getting ir hurt so it's not p--------- p--------- a snuff film what's next, banning r---/i----- p---? She's a 300yo dragon

On November 24th, 2020, Redditor^[5] caterpillerman posted a Santa Deniers meme based on the format that gained over 2,900 upvotes in three months (shown below). A same-day repost by Twitter^[6] user @Anna1312__received over 13,400 retweets and 87,700 likes in the same period.

Santa believer mental gymnastics Santa brings everyone their presents on Christmas night with his magic Santa denier mental gymnastics Regular people just buy and wrap ALLL these Christmas presents But also literally all parents are part of the same conspiracy to make their children behave Santa at the mall is just an imposter in disguise He's made up by corporations to sell Christmas stuff The cookies just happen to be eaten next day

Following the viral spread of the Santa Deniers version, the format saw a surge of popularity online, with multiple viral instances of the format being posted on Instagram and Twitter in the following months.

Various Examples

"Vegeta is better" Mental Gymnastics "badass kills" "anatomy of an antihero" video compilation better father video essay character arc "Goku is better" Mental Gymnastics friendly

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^[1] Facebook – Vegan Sidekick

^[2] 4chan – /v/ Post #403505090

^[3] 4chan – /v/ Post #403519461

^[4] 4chan – /v/ Post #467764436

^[5] Reddit – Rule

^[6] Twitter – @Anna1312__

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In the same thread,^[3] another user responded with a reversed version of the meme (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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External References

^[1] Facebook – Vegan Sidekick

^[2] 4chan – /v/ Post #403505090

^[3] 4chan – /v/ Post #403519461

^[4] 4chan – /v/ Post #467764436

^[5] Reddit – Rule

^[6] Twitter – @Anna1312__

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mandrac

Feb 03, 2021 at 06:37PM EST

This doesn't mean shit to be honest. Sometime the simplest solution is the best solution but some time it isn't and you have to scratch the surface a bit to understand a subject clearly.
For example:
[Simple]The earth is round like every other observable celestial body
[Complicated]The earth is flat because the reptiluminazi are trying to take over the world but they have to hide it otherwise people will rebel and gopro is helping the reptiluminazi by making fish eye lenses that make photo taken of the flat earth with gopro look round and they have to mind wipe their employee so that the conspiracy doesn't leak and nasa and helo musk and every space agency knows the truth and and….

Second example:
[Simple]Black people are criminals more often than not.
[Complicated]Black populations in the US started as slaves and were held back by a multitude of racist measure from segregation to CIA sposored drug distribution in black neighborhood making them today one of the poorest part of the population. In order to survive poor people often have to resort to theft and other illegal activities. Individuals generally regroup in gangs in order to defend themselfs against other criminals. So in other word poor people are more likely to turn to criminality and black people happen to be among the poorest.