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Old 15th March 2008, 10:44 AM
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Desensitization to news and events
Thinking back to the "GF Line" thread, and the forum in general has got me considering the whole idea of counterconditioning.

A few years back the news of an event to which there would be attached a certain degree of tragedy (a death for example) would affect me quite strongly; nowadays the first thought that jumps into my head is invariably a piss-take.

Of course tragedies aren't funny (hence the name), and where people are affected by loss and grief I do feel sorry for them, on a superficial level at least, but to have such a total "flip" in reaction means that sometimes I shock myself.

Am I alone in this? Is 24-hour news and a media-overload causing some sort of inhibition response? Or am I just a sick, cynical old bastard?
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