Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger

Irina Rempt wrote: "The concept "mental illness" is not operationally
definable across cultures.  [snip] Furthermore, some undoubted mental
problems are culture-specific. There is a very common delusion among men in
some parts of Asia that their penises are shrinking, almost unknown in the
U.S. and Europe except among immigrants.  Contrariwise, eating disorders
(anorexia and bulimia) are rarely seen outside the U.S."

And then there's this cultural delusional norm in the US that money is the
only important thing in the world. And that the highest-paying jobs need to
go to the stupidest, most badly educated, self-centered people, who
subsequently are respected for the amount of sheer lucre they've
accumulated. And people who work with the public (nonprofits) or for the
state are considered idiots, and those jobs are designed to be run by
idiots.
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You! Off my planet!

I'm not a cranky person, I've just been in a very bad mood for 24 years.