People are more likely to believe a statement if it rhymes. I find this both devastating and adorable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme-as-reason_effect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme-as-reason_effect
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Reading words that rhyme,
Are more likely to hold the view,
That everything they read is true.
This is trouble and we know it,
Because a journalist is not a poet,
Their work isn’t thought to be right,
And the headline just starts a fight.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. That rhymes?!
No, hot water doesn't freeze faster than cold water. Sorry.
never sicker
The leader is great
Surrender your will as of this date.
If something sticks in our brain, I guess we're more likely believe it?
If a statement rhymes, belief will climb,
It’s both devastating and adorable, every time??
Repetition legitimizes.
Repetition legitimizes.
Like... I come up with rhymes to remember important things, that takes conscious effort and direction. Are more people coming up with rhymes for things that are arbitrarily untrue? Or just because it's fun?
Does it rhyme? it must be true!
What a neat perspective on the current times.
(Sorry, I couldn't help myself)
There once was a Hank Green, so grand,
With nerdy thoughts close at hand.
He'd vlog with his brother,
About science and such, other,
And crash courses, you'd soon understand.
WE HAVE TO CLEAN THE MOLD
also
1972. 9th grade. Biology class. Project: DNA & cell replication. Any media.
Most the class did models or reports.
Mine was a combination couplets & alternate rhyme.
Managed to rhyme deoxyribose, adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, uracil w/ the process.
I am such a nerd.
But now, i find some of his stuff funny &/or interesting.
But it's more tongue-in-cheek.
Wear it out
Make it do
Or do without
Humans really love patterns
Amazing really
I can see what you did there
and I am impressed
It really is an artform
and so fun to do
It's not stealing, it's lift the gift.
And you feel unseen,
Just write him a poem,
You see what I mean?
He'll respect your intelligence,
And do his due diligence,
You can lie to his face,
And he'll believe it with elegance.
(Somehow I feel like this isn't right...)
Oh surely folks still have a clue,
‘Bout truth and fiction on the net
My bad, just checked, you’re right, I wager.
A truth that leaves me both charmed and aggrieved.
It’s sweet yet unnerving,
Our trust undeserving,
In rhymes, our logic’s deceived!
Ha!
A “glamer” is an old word for an illusion, mostly used now as “glamorous” and similar, derived from the word for grammar. Etymology has such wonders if you bring chisel and hammer.
Cool cool cool. I am NAILING this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme-as-reason_effect#Criticisms (hotlinked to criticisms section)
it’s time for bed
in the message they sent
They said it might not work
Because fascists like it when they act like jerks
Turn it off, Mom and Dad.
HG: People are more likely to believe a statement if it rhymes. So devastating and adorable in these troubling times.
Me (nodding sagely in agreement): Yes, indeed, you're so right.
Am I doing this right? :D
Hug a cactus, paint it blue,
And wealth will fall like morning dew
to make a thing that's sensible rhyme.
Or a quip replied to words of a fool,
to show their stance as uncouth & uncool.
Or even just an encouraging word:
a rhyme soothes souls like songs of a bird.
'Tis good to hone the practice of rhyme
If one takes the requisite time.
This one fact makes Hank Green blue.
It's more for things like, "Move your feet, lose your seat," and my 5 second rule variation, "Dirt don't hurt," not serious things.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/does-beer-before-liquor-help#origins
The example-
"What sobriety conceals, alcohol reveals"
has a very clear a->b, a->b structure
while breaking the rhyme
"What sobriety conceals, alcohol unmasks"
implies a->b, a->c
"what's hidden when sober, when drinking bubbles over"
a->b, a->b is the rhyme scheme, but the logic follows
a->b, b->a
it's a little more confusing, and what's unknown can't be trusted
It's an obvious trend in social deduction
despite not actually making sense
"throw ball, hit wall, long smack"
the structure makes it coherent
the rhyme links 'ball' to 'wall' and implies smack should also
be (ball->wall->smack)
Abracapocus - please fix the scotus
(then I deleted it and reposted it to add #resist I always forget hashtags)
How does rhyming work?
It feels like sing-songy, rhyming, catchy things are the original memetic virality.
People believe that rhymes are true
Jeebus.
One simple trick to escape all your crimes
I don't see why they get all the hate.
We'll invade the Middle East,
So on oil we can feast!
Our military is really first rate!
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Think it's adorable, it's really deplorable, and not supportable.
When I rhyme, I take my time, so that I can find.
Words that try, to make you cry, here in the bluesky.