– #Prompting A Poky Paradoxical Intention –
For example, consider a narrow river valley below a high dam, such that if the dam burst, the resulting flood of water would drown people for a considerable distance downstream. When attitude pollsters ask people down stream of the dam how concerned they are about the dam's bursting, it's not surprising that fear of a dam burst is lowest far downstream, and increases among residents increasingly close to the dam. Surprisingly, though, after you get to just a few miles below the dam, where fear of the dam's breaking is found to be highest, the concern then falls off to zero as you approach closer to the dam! That is, the people living immediately under the dam, the ones most certain to be drowned in a dam burst, profess unconcern. That's because of psychological denial: the only way of preserving one's sanity while looking up every day at the dam is to deny the possibility that it could burst. Although psychological denial is a phenomenon well established in individual psychology, it seems likely to apply to group psychology as well. (Jared Diamond, Collapse – How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed)
Dear Members of the Russian Psychological Society!
Hopefully, you’re doing fine and things’re running smoothly at home!
By the way, has the number of patients[1] and members of yours happened to increase in the meantime by chance?
An increase in recursive anxiety ... okay ... well, is that good or bad?
What else, how about the people in the Ukraine? Have you been in touch with the National Psychological Association Ukraine lately?
After seven days he was quite tired, so God said / "Let there be a day / "Just for picnics with wine and bread." (Crash Test Dummies, God Shuffled His Feet)
Too busy ... understandably ... sure, let’s find some tumour ... sorry ... humour in failure.
Now, just makin‘ a long story short – once again, a Russian Rapper called the Lyrical Political D‘Mitry[2] is confronting the World with a World War Three.
We didn't start the fire / It was always burning, since the world's been turning / We didn't start the fire / No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it. (Billy Joel, We didn’t start the Fire)
What kind of a treat ... sorry ... threat is Poetical Slammer D‘Mitry sharing with us? Is he wanting to scare off his People and the Rest of the World? How come, Clockwork A‘Lex[3] ‘N‘ Notorious P.o.w.e.r. V‘Lad[4] are being kind of invisible at present?
Will truth on the causes and effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War be eventually spreading faster in Russia & Co, than the likelihood of a Third World War could be taking effect?
God give me the power to take breath from a breeze / And call life from a cold metal frame / In with the ashes / Or up with the smoke from the fire / With wings up in heaven. (Dream Theater, Waiting for Sleep)
Anyway, who the f#ck’s afraid of a Third World War nowadays?!
Wars and Talks of such kind really suck! People all over the world keep on fighting for their everyday survival, bearing elemental concerns scoring off dangers and fears of Humanity’s Endgame[5] by far.
I said, war, huh good God, y'all / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing, just say it again / War, huh oh Lord. (Edwin Starr, War)
A Great Gig of those Master Blasters of Desaster[6] would pretty much resolve all of humanity's issues in one sweep ... overpopulation, overpollution, climate change, poverty, diseases, wars, murder, manslaughter, etc.
Американская фирма Transceptor Technology / Приступила к производству компьютеров "Персональный спутник" / I've got the power. (Snap, Power)
Don’t we love to entertain each other in this odd respect?
Google holds the answer: popular apocalyptic movies ... popular blood movies ... popular murder shows ... popular psychopath movies ... popular serial killer movies ... popular slasher movies ... popular torture movies ... popular war movies ... popular world wars etc.
In Europe and America there's a growing feeling of hysteria / Conditioned to respond to all the threats / In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets / Mister Krushchev said, "We will bury you" / I don't subscribe to this point of view / It'd be such an ignorant thing to do / If the Russians love their children too. (Sting, Russians)
Ain’t we insane?!
Google holds even more answers: global child labour ... global trafficking ... global pollution ... global catastrophes ... global diseases ... global homelessness ... global poverty ... global rapes ... global homicides ... global suicides ... global executions ... global wars ... global deaths etc.
So what?!
This race is already run / Get off your horse, get on this train / "Welcome to the real world" / I said "Welcome to the real world" / Are we rushing like the wind? / Naked out and naked in / "Welcome to the free world" / I said "Welcome to the me world" / Are we rushing like the wind? / Put your lovin' arms around / Did you lose your faith in God, no? (Tears for Fears, Elemental)
Odd fact: Though driving car is more dangerous; is much more likely to kill us or someone else, than leavin‘ on a jet plane[7], we fear[8] the latter much more than the former.
Hardest nails, impaled and war-torn / Water vapours trailing / Bloodshot down, I am drowning / Born of iron failings and fear / There is no faith can be sustained / No original sin to blame / Breaking back, unreactive / Shaking my perspective / Solid state, armor plated / Deadly unattractive to all / But you hunted me down again / Man, you ran me aground right then. (IQ, Missile)
Back to the Strangelove Doctors[9]: Heeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaw[10] (!) D‘Mitry ... A‘Lex ... V‘Lad ... gloom, despair and agony on me[11].
At last, what’s your most favoured Terminal Lullaby on Spotify? – :
☐ AC/DC - Hells Bells (Official Video) - YouTube
☐ Billy Joel – We Didn't Start the Fire (YouTube)
☐ Blue Oyster Cult – Don't Fear The Reaper (YouTube)
☐ Crash Test Dummies – God Shuffled His Feet (YouTube)
☐ Dream Theater – Wait for Sleep (YouTube)
☐ Pantera – Immortally Insane (YouTube)
☐ Plastic Ono Band – Give Peace A Chance (YouTube)
☐ Tears For Fears – Elemental (YouTube)
☐ The Beatles – Here Comes The Sun (YouTube)
More suggestions ... anyone, anyone[12] ...?!
Frame of Reference
[1] Mental health in Russia (Wikiped) ––– The State of Psychiatry in Russia (psychiatrictimes.com) ––– Mental healthcare in Russia | Expatica ––– Mental health reform in the Russian Federation: an integrated approach to achieve social inclusion and recovery - PMC (nih.gov) ––– 5 Things to Know About Mental Health in Russia - BORGEN (borgenmagazine.com) ––– Punitive psychiatry in Russia: back to the USSR? – Riddle Russia (ridl.io) ––– Social Psychiatry in Russia | The WASP Textbook on Social PsychiatryHistorical, Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Perspectives | Oxford Academic (oup.com) ––– Mental Health Crisis Looms in Russia as Sanctions Fuel Drug Shortages, Job Losses - The Moscow Times ––– related as follows: From Pavlov to Putin: The Uniqueness of Psychology in Russia · Russia in Global Perspective (harvard.edu) ––– Psychology in Education in the Russian Federation (omnilogos.com) ––– The West and Russia’s wars: Why norms and psychology matter just as much as military strength — IIP (iipvienna.com) ––– When Did ‘‘Scientific Psychology’’ Begin In Russia? | Irina Sirotkina - Academia.edu ––– Psychology of Russia: Past, Present, Future - Elena L. Grigorenko, Patricia Ruzgis, Robert J. Sternberg (Google Books) ––– Concerning the vocabulary on Personality in Russian psychology: “Subjekt” vs. “Personality” – тема научной статьи по языкознанию и литературоведению читайте бесплатно текст научно-исследовательской работы в электронной библиотеке КиберЛенинка (cyberleninka.ru) ––– related as follows: define Psychopathy (Google) ––– define Psychopaths (Google) ––– ––– DSM 5 Psychopathy (Google) ––– how to deal with Psychopaths (Google) ––– political Psychopaths (Google) ––– How many politicians are psychopaths? - by Brian Klaas (forkingpaths.co)
[2] Russia's Medvedev: NATO's military aid to Ukraine brings World War Three closer | Reuters
[3] Lukashenko: A Third World War with Nuclear Fire is on the Horizon - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency
[4] Putin threatens that Ukraine war could turn NUCLEAR | Daily Mail Online
[5] Endgame (play) (Wikiped) ––– ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett - YouTube
[6] Face of Death - Nuclear Explosions - YouTube – related: Faces of Death (Wikiped)
[7] John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - YouTube
[8] Oliver Stone Pushes Back Against Fears Over Nuclear Power - YouTube – related: OFFICIAL TRAILER | NUCLEAR NOW | DOCUMENTARY - YouTube
[9] Dr. Strangelove (Wikiped) ––– Dr Strangelove Major Kong Rides The Bomb 1080p - YouTube
[10] The Dukes of Hazard, Bo and Luke sing the "Hee Haw" song - YouTube
[11] Hee Haw Gloom Despair And Agony On Me | Classic Hee Haw TV - Youtube
[12] "Anyone, anyone" teacher from Ferris Bueller's Day Off - YouTube