{"id":2011,"date":"2020-11-19T06:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T14:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2020-11-20T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T15:38:15","slug":"stop-making-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/stop-making-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Making Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"2013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/stop-making-sense\/blue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m fascinated by how people think. We try to find patterns and apply logic to things even though life is random. We try to define &#8220;types of people,&#8221; reasons for events, the way things go, or eras so we can ignore them and put our minds to rest. Prejudices, conspiracy theories, imaginary protocols, and &#8220;bad years&#8221; all help us chill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we feel that life is dangerous, any stress that comes up must be relieved. The only way to escape crappy stress is a reminder of safety. Logic and categorization promise safety, but they&#8217;re only a patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entertainment is a bridge to safety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entertainment gives us the opportunity to experience stress in a safe sandbox. That&#8217;s why we can be stressed out and want to watch a horror movie. The horror movie isn&#8217;t stressless &#8211; it&#8217;s fun stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Entertainment also gives us the opportunity to see life from a new perspective. Maybe the world is less dangerous because we understand people better. Maybe we&#8217;re safer because we understand our own power better. Maybe we leave an entertainment environment better equipped to deal with surprises and randomness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This is the gift we give to audiences. Safety + Stress.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we give only one without the other, they&#8217;re either unaffected or we just piled on to the nonsense they didn&#8217;t want. Those who accept that life is a game that doesn&#8217;t make sense are the most at peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fascinated by how people think. 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Prejudices, conspiracy theories, imaginary protocols, and &#8220;bad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/blue.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-wr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2820,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/a-personal-brand-hack\/","url_meta":{"origin":2011,"position":0},"title":"A Personal Brand Hack","author":"scot","date":"August 23, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"It's hard to see what our audience \/ clients see as our value. 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