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PsyPost: Narcissistic traits and celebrity worship are linked to excessive Instagram scrolling via emotional struggles and fear of missing out. “The researchers found a positive link between narcissistic traits, celebrity worship, and problematic Instagram use. In other words, individuals who scored higher in narcissism or celebrity obsession also reported unhealthier relationships with the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/psypost-narcissistic-traits-and-celebrity-worship-are-linked-to-excessive-instagram-scrolling-via-emotional-struggles-and-fear-of-missing-out/

PsyPost: Narcissistic traits and celebrity worship are linked to excessive Instagram scrolling via emotional struggles and fear of missing out

PsyPost: Narcissistic traits and celebrity worship are linked to excessive Instagram scrolling via emotional struggles and fear of missing out. “The researchers found a positive link between …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

john.brown_typeface Mar 19

even if you can't kill that hero

don't have to pray at the altar

chunk a deuce and keep it movin'

blasphemy only applies to deities

and if any of us are gawds, we all are

#KillYourHeroes #HeroWorship #KillYourIdols #GreatManTheory

Raurquiz Jan 27

#otd #startrek #thenextgeneration #HeroWorship #picard #riker #troi #data #laforge #worf #drcrusher #Timothy #ChiefHutchinson #EnsignFelton #startrek59 @trekcore

Lwaxana Troi Jan 20

My heart breaks for little Timothy. 💔 Trying to become an android to hide from his grief? It's a tragedy! But Data was right: even the sorrow is part of the privilege of being alive. And didn't Little One do a marvelous job guiding them? She gets her empathy from me, naturally. Now, someone had me a tissue. And, who wants to explain to me why the ship finally stopped shaking? #LwaxanaTroi #HeroWorship #AllStarTrek #StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TNG #StarTrekDS9 #DS9 #Mastodon

Carl Shirley Jan 20

Tonight on #AllStarTrek machine admires human in #TheChangeling and human admires machine in #HeroWorship #AllStarTrek #StarTrekTNG

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sezduck Jan 19

@MirrorAyako @startrek @lxskllr Tonight on #AllStarTrek?

#StarTrekTOS #TheChangeling
Odo visits the Enterprise.

#StarTrekTNG #HeroWorship
Another child is orphaned. Starfleet decides no more kids on starships.

#StarTrekDS9 #Inquisition
Sloan forgets to wear his black comm badge.

#StarTrekVOY #DeathWish
Janeway begins to fantasize about how she'll kill Tuvix.

#StarTrekENT #Fusion
Chef prepares tasty meals combining elements of Earth culinary traditions.

#StarTrek

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 25, 2025

A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Sartor Resartus, Book 3, ch. 7 (1834)

More info about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/79293…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomascarlyle #sartorresartus #greatness #adoration #fame #hero #heroworship #humannature #paragon #idol

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PSiReN-X

May 5, 2025

#Now, I don't usually #DoThis; but, #CaroleCadwalladr is a #SuperSpecialCase...

I will #HappilyTestify to a #LittleBit of #HeroWorship; but, #Form your own #Opinions...

🧙⚔️🤖🤖⚔️🧙 | 🦹🦄🦹

https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like

Carole Cadwalladr: This is what a digital coup looks like

TED

PSiReN-X

Mar 31, 2025

#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingNearlySammidgeTimeNotNews; #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews...

#Now, I don't usually #DoThis; but, #CaroleCadwalladr is a #SuperSpecialCase...

An #ExceptionalWriter and #Journalist that is already #SorelyMissed from #TheGrauniad...

#ReadIT; #DontReadIT...

#That's #YourChoice...

I will #HappilyTestify to a #LittleBit of #HeroWorship; but, #Form your own #Opinions...

🧙⚔️🤖🤖⚔️🧙 | 🦹🦄🦹

https://broligarchy.substack.com/

How to Survive the Broligarchy | Carole Cadwalladr | Substack

Girl power vs Tech bros. Click to read How to Survive the Broligarchy, by Carole Cadwalladr, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

Raurquiz Jan 27, 2025

#otd #startrek #thenextgeneration #HeroWorship #picard #riker #troi #data #laforge #worf #drcrusher #Timothy #ChiefHutchinson #EnsignFelton #startrek58 @trekcore