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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 645885" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>We have this proverb about stupidity exponentially increasing in groups. In other words group of like-minded idiots can be much more idiotic than the sum up of the idiocy of every individual in that group. The proverb is mainly used in association of (young(ish)) men and very young girls (after teen years we expect women to outgrow the idiocy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) and is generally considered to be very true.</p><p></p><p>"Bad influence" generally doesn't mean, that there would be this one rotten apple who makes everyone else do stupid things. More often it is about group of youngsters vulnerable to stupid ideas coming together and ending up putting into the practise much more stupid ideas they would ever had come up alone.</p><p></p><p>My kid has always been very vulnerable to stupid ideas and it has certainly helped him to do less stupid stuff, when he has understood that he is even more vulnerable to this kind of group dynamic than most and started to hang out more with the more mature and less likely to get those stupid ideas, friends. Best new friends he has gained in recent years are both almost ten years his senior, other is a journalist and another is a pro coach in different sport than Ache's. I of course don't really get, why they like to hang out with Ache, but choosing to spend time with them (and people like them) more than his same age, also vulnerable to idiotic ideas, friends have certainly lessen the amount of certain type of stupid stunts also for Ache.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 645885, member: 14557"] We have this proverb about stupidity exponentially increasing in groups. In other words group of like-minded idiots can be much more idiotic than the sum up of the idiocy of every individual in that group. The proverb is mainly used in association of (young(ish)) men and very young girls (after teen years we expect women to outgrow the idiocy ;)) and is generally considered to be very true. "Bad influence" generally doesn't mean, that there would be this one rotten apple who makes everyone else do stupid things. More often it is about group of youngsters vulnerable to stupid ideas coming together and ending up putting into the practise much more stupid ideas they would ever had come up alone. My kid has always been very vulnerable to stupid ideas and it has certainly helped him to do less stupid stuff, when he has understood that he is even more vulnerable to this kind of group dynamic than most and started to hang out more with the more mature and less likely to get those stupid ideas, friends. Best new friends he has gained in recent years are both almost ten years his senior, other is a journalist and another is a pro coach in different sport than Ache's. I of course don't really get, why they like to hang out with Ache, but choosing to spend time with them (and people like them) more than his same age, also vulnerable to idiotic ideas, friends have certainly lessen the amount of certain type of stupid stunts also for Ache. [/QUOTE]
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