Why rejoice in the misfortune of others

One way to feel my social status improving is if someone else lowers theirs. And so, when I see someone mess up in ways that cause them to lose face, and thus lose social status, I can feel a burst of satisfaction as my own status is raised, at no cost to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

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“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is the impact achieved by what they do.”

Michel #Foucault in "Histoire de la #folie à l'âge classique" (a history of insanity in the Classical Age)

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Autism is an illegible feature

"How disabling it is depends as much on your social circumstances as it does on your symptoms."
"It turns out that, actually, most people are uncomfortable around social difference and get considerably less comfortable when you point it out."

Laurie Penny: https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism @socialpsych via @hosford42

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