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NPCs (NonPolitical Comics)

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A community for comic lovers who just want to get away from politics and gloom and doom.

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Hey everyone! In case you haven't noticed, this is a new community focused on NonPolitical Comics (NPCs), which essentially means no gloom and doom of the day stuff.

If you like the idea, we need help! Check out the pinned post on the community.

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[โ€“] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is actually a known psychological phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology)

It's a negative reaction to a perceived loss of agency.

[โ€“] riwo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 19 hours ago

loss of agency? that sounds quite political... i knew this comic was inapropriate