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602. Like Razorblade Pie: Jeffty Is Five (Feat. Maggie Mae Fish)

🕑 Added 2023-06-19 13:00:10 +0000 UTC

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drunkencoyote

This is my first Razorblade pie, what a genuine treat! I love all the beans and bean adjacent friends but Maggie and Mike's energy is probably my favorite pairing. I love Abe's insights. I love Adam's insights, which I assume are being delivered while he cooks delicious stew. But Mike and Mags are thought provoking and soothing at the same time.

Scottie Wottie

Theory on nostalgia: Early humans had a huge survival advantage in the ability to transmit knowledge via language, not only practical knowledge like local geography or hunting techniques but also cultural knowledge like songs and history that helped the tribe act as a whole. Those in the tribe who survived to accumulate knowledge got a dopamine hit from reminiscing on the past, reinforcing the memory of that knowledge. Psychologist Constantine Sedikides conducted some experiments pointing to a different purpose, that nostalgia is a fuel tank of positive emotions which can help counteract loneliness and fear of death.

E l i j a h

The mother "trying to disappear because of some imagined sin" kind of feels like an allusion to Eve, which maybe or maybe not but, like the fall from paradise and/or giving birth to the anomaly kid.