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Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by philwelch » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 6:26 PM UTC

delecti wrote: post #117

philwelch wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the murder of a prime minister is an assassination by definition.

I think it depends. The two main definitions I'm seeing for "assassination" are either: any intentional murder (so basically any murder is an assassination), or specifically any politically motivated murder (so a jilted lover killing the president wouldn't be an assassination, but killing your local HOA president could be).

People seem to consistently refer to John Hinckley’s shooting of President Reagan as an “assassination attempt” despite the fact that Hinckley’s motive was a delusional belief that this would impress Jodie Foster. And we still don’t know the exact motive of the JFK assassination, though everyone has their theories.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by NoZebra120vClip » Sat, Jul 29, 2023, 11:47 PM UTC

dclowd9901 wrote: post #92

Guess it doesn’t make the cut because it’s not called “Phoenix Fever”, but Valley Fever is a local affliction, stemmed from dust and spores being kicked into the air. It’s quite nasty, not that anyone here needed less of a reason to visit Phoenix, Arizona.

I contracted Valley Fever, but I went to see a therapist, and it cleared up after 3 years of weekly CBT.

Re: Cities with their own psychological disorders

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Post by executesorder66 » Mon, Jul 31, 2023, 11:16 AM UTC

ethbr0 wrote: post #35

> (on Paris Syndrome uniquely afflicting Japanese tourists) Or it could be the jarring confrontation of the a priori ideal of Paris as exotic and friendly with the rather more abrasive nature of the city’s inhabitants. Having visited Tokyo (which I assume is the most Paris-like Japan gets?) and Paris (just got back from most recent trip), this rings true. Average "mild annoyance" from a Parisian would equal "severe d…

2 days late: but what a lot of the responses did not mention regarding specifically Japanese tourists:

Most people in Japan get very little Paid time off compared to the rest of the world. And the work culture is so toxic that people get shamed for actually taking their time off. Now, taking that into account, can you imagine that a Japanese person, actually fighting against that, and doing that big trip to a foreign city on the other side of the world, at great expense. They chose Paris for it's reputation. Now imagine their disappointment when Paris is significantly worse than Tokyo.[0] After all the money, time, and precious time off spent to get there, I too would have a mental breakdown under those conditions.

[0] Can confirm. I have been to both. Paris is nice as long as you don't look at the floor. (It is the only major city I've been to that had human shit on the side-walk in the middle of a major tourist area) Tokyo is better in all regards. It's cheaper, cleaner, has more things to do, is better run, etc.