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The ingroup that attempts to reject groups.The uncomfortable feeling of trying to become part of your own outgroup. https://t.co/z3ummIbBk2


"The cat just stared and stared"I wish I had an "are you my outgroup?" book when I grew up. Baby's first ontology: https://t.co/D8p1zPaKPk

The baby bird seems very mean toward the well-meaning snort. Poor snort. The snort does not have a mother. It understands. Be like snort. 🐦 https://t.co/DTzireWoTp


"how to pronounce outgroup":entitativitysociocentrismethnocentrismregiocentrismpolycentrismethnorelativismhttps://t.co/KblHQskGNM https://t.co/pCqn5IKPsb


Oher interesting words in that search also included: coleochaete - a kind of bacteria.xenocentrism - preference for ways of the outgroup. https://t.co/GbK3Pvkqu3


The year before I was born, a book came out inspiring generations of children to play with the nature of groupism.Baby's first outgroup: https://t.co/0ZT9XR8ias


Ugh, looking at my childhood friends in this way is corrupting. It's like rule 34, but for ideologies. Happy mouse:https://t.co/gAmFEHxnJl https://t.co/zhtmVF0FqA


Adorable social programming, or "over socialization"? https://t.co/PaWcv0gXwQ

"The book with no pictures": To question purpose and absurdness of arbitrary applying social rules without context.https://t.co/dOYfwUAoVB https://t.co/uSNeW0Fde7


A childhood book, but construed as shaming people w/ ADHD:Disorganized, grumpy, trouble waking up, acts out... :(https://t.co/CMa872rqSq https://t.co/RFsnEKUPQp


Ms. Dickens didn't get my genius... https://t.co/HTpjpafHId https://t.co/BcXCc6ZR0l


Old disney show has a joke about a hen cheating on a drake with a swan.Even ugly ducking had hidden moral angles?https://t.co/Vn9iLtzbbx

Wow, this one is a masterpiece. Won an academy award in 1939!https://t.co/vZNgSuu4DN

Huh, I can trace entirety of my meaning making patterns to this one childhood book. "curious George rides a bike" https://t.co/GDABEo4aPH

Does selling cute storybooks mean larger spread of social norms => net increase despite lower prosocial effect?https://t.co/0bmjXHy5xm

Suggests using "Give a mouse a cookie" as a way to explain chaotic systems. Huh.https://t.co/rA9PFtKxww