The 'Contrarian Friend' Is Real, and They're Driving Everyone Crazy
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#3The "Hanging Out with a Contrarian Friend" TikTok that inspired this post is the opposite of the improv technique of "Yes, and..."
https://www.tiktok.com/@kelseyjunejensen/video/7525163617197...
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#4I wonder what "friend" is doing in that expression. Maybe I am one of those "friends" then :-)
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#5Well, luckily I don't have any such friends.
But I've notice that contrarianism has really picked the past 5 years or so. People that used to be written off conspiracy crackpots are now seen as some sort of healthy alternative voice to "MSM".
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#6No they aren't.
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#7What people are missing in this debate is that the need to be “contrarian” for some people stems from correction OCD. It’s not that your friend is “trying to be different” or “craves attention”—-it’s that they have a compulsive tic like biting their fingernails. Shaming them doesn’t fix their underlying disorder, it just makes you a bad friend to this person. Accept that they have this limitation (in your eyes) and learn to ignore it the same way you would with somebody living with Tourettes syndrome.
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#8Clearly the solution is to abandon any kind of critical thought, and then line up in a circle and chant "ONE OF US, ONE OF US" until the offender repents from their nonconformist ways.
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#9What people are missing in this debate is that the need to be “contrarian” for some people stems from correction OCD. It’s not that your friend is “trying to be different” or “craves attention”—-it’s that they have a compulsive tic like biting their fingernails. Shaming them doesn’t fix their underlying disorder, it just makes you a bad friend to this person. Accept that they have this limitation (in your eyes) and l…
I don't think it's really good advice to just assume people have OCD. Like sure, if a friend tells me they do I will believe them but it's not going to be something I'm just going to assume is true and I don't think that is a very kind approach in the long run.
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#10Don't forget about the friend who blames you for being contrarian because you don't embrace their delusions.