Stuart Fischoff
Stuart Fischoff
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The young don't want to see the gray beards having sex, mind you. But competition is a whole other conversation.
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If people say they can't stand Ray and still watch her, then something else is going on. It's a sort of bonding experience. Online forums have made it easier for people to become sisters and brothers in hate. The irony is that, by writing and talking about her, her critics become her advertisers.
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People have this sense that they're not just watching the death of a city, they're watching the death of a whole culture, and that's far more engaging than just the aftermath of a hurricane, Escape From New York.
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Visual imagery involves a much more primitive part of our brain, a monitoring system to sense danger. The trouble with this story is that it's not in a resolution stage yet, things are just getting worse. Usually, when we're anxious, we seek information to reduce anxiety, but in this case, we're just increasing it.
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What they have been doing hasn't been working. They are trying to staunch the hemorrhage.