{"id":11819,"date":"2016-12-14T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T00:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=11819"},"modified":"2016-12-14T16:14:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T00:14:55","slug":"do-you-see-what-i-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/do-you-see-what-i-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You See What I See?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I once had a thriftshop painting of a guy holding a baby, and it looked clear to me that he was about to throw it off a balcony.\u00a0 I liked to ask people to look at it and tell me what they saw. I wasn’t the only one who saw that but the vast majority saw a guy holding a baby, even tenderly<\/em> holding it.<\/p>\n

I saw this painting at the vet’s office and was reminded of the guy-with-the-baby picture:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Here, I see a guy about to throw the dog off of something, even though he is sad about it. He’s thinking, “Well, I wish I didn’t have to.”<\/p>\n

I remember taking the Rorschach<\/strong> <\/a>inkblot test when I was around 12 years old. Some genius had figured out that I was troubled. I recall seeing people sitting despondently, waiting to get shot or something. After a few of these inkblots, I realized that my answers sounded nuts. I can’t remember if I decided to make up better reactions.<\/p>\n

Lots of psychological notions are amusingly archaic but the theory of projection is still pretty sound, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

Trump is projecting, every time he rants about corruption or liars or crooks. That’s just a big Duh.<\/p>\n

I’m sorry, I don’t know how Trump got in here. I wish he were only a projection of my hatred of authority, or my dad.<\/p>\n

At least I don’t see dead people. I see despondent people.<\/p>\n

Read more about Rorschach here . <\/a><\/p>\n

Read more about those Nike’s here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you’re thinking about jumping, don’t<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"