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Low_Tourist t1_j0oop67 wrote

Reply to comment by notnotpegbundy in Customers by the_honeyman

There's an actual theory that they call "The American Idol Effect" where everyone was told that their opinion was important/mattered and to vote for things, like reality shows, and that started this current social pattern

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notnotpegbundy t1_j0pl5aq wrote

Interesting! I’m going to have to read up on that!

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Low_Tourist t1_j0r3c94 wrote

It may not be called exactly that, but that's the gist of the theory

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