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When the bullet dodges you
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(Full transparency.. a mod for this sub happens to work there.. but that doesn't influence his moderation or laughter at a lot of posts.)
It's more cognitive dissonance than emotional drivers, with what you've described.
Is cognitive dissonance not a subcategory of emotions? If not I guess you're right
No, it's where your reality externally doesn't match your internal idea of it so you ignore it away or rationalize it away, etc.