Whenever I think of things in life, I think about polar opposites. I also think of slingshots.
Ok, let me explain. I'm going to use a simple example, coke and pepsi. Place coke and pepsi at two extreme ends so that they are the polar opposites. Let's say the extremes mean they only drink coke or pepsi, and would never touch the rest. Now this person in the beginning was very very neutral. Coke, pepsi, whatever, didn't matter, as long as he had a drink. One day, this commercial comes on, with britney spears, and all of a sudden, he devotes himself to pepsi. Now he prefers pepsi, but would drink coke if he didn't have a choice.
This is where the sling shot comes in. Let's say that commercial was the force that starts pulling the slingshot toward the pepsi side. So he buys pepsi more often now, he drinks pepsi alot. Bam, all of a sudden, he starts noticing his friends drink pepsi more then coke too. So another force is pulling him further into the pepsi side. Then he sees the commercial with Beyonce drinkin pepsi. Bam, pulled even deeper into the pepsi side.
At this point, he's pulled so far into the pepsi side that he will choose not to drink soda if there isn't pepsi.
Is this image in your head? Some force is pulling this 'slingshot' into the pepsi side, just making it tighter and tighter.
Something's got to happen right? Of course!
One day, the dude gets food poisoning because some fast food restaurant put really old syrup into the pepsi machine.
BAM, the slingshot is released because all the forces pulling him to the pepsi side have just disappeared. It propels him deep as hell into the coke side. He will never drink pepsi again, coke never let him down before.
Corny example, but it's rooted deeply into life. It's the reason why hardcore anti-smokers become chain smokers. It's the reason why drug addicts stop doin drugs all together. It's the reason why the guy who you could always count on is never there for you anymore. It's the reason why people fall away from their faiths (or fall into faith).
It makes alot of sense.
So one day when you're talkin to your friends about someone who suddenly just changed their whole way of thinking. Quote me, The Mystic, and my slingshot theory.
Ok, let me explain. I'm going to use a simple example, coke and pepsi. Place coke and pepsi at two extreme ends so that they are the polar opposites. Let's say the extremes mean they only drink coke or pepsi, and would never touch the rest. Now this person in the beginning was very very neutral. Coke, pepsi, whatever, didn't matter, as long as he had a drink. One day, this commercial comes on, with britney spears, and all of a sudden, he devotes himself to pepsi. Now he prefers pepsi, but would drink coke if he didn't have a choice.
This is where the sling shot comes in. Let's say that commercial was the force that starts pulling the slingshot toward the pepsi side. So he buys pepsi more often now, he drinks pepsi alot. Bam, all of a sudden, he starts noticing his friends drink pepsi more then coke too. So another force is pulling him further into the pepsi side. Then he sees the commercial with Beyonce drinkin pepsi. Bam, pulled even deeper into the pepsi side.
At this point, he's pulled so far into the pepsi side that he will choose not to drink soda if there isn't pepsi.
Is this image in your head? Some force is pulling this 'slingshot' into the pepsi side, just making it tighter and tighter.
Something's got to happen right? Of course!
One day, the dude gets food poisoning because some fast food restaurant put really old syrup into the pepsi machine.
BAM, the slingshot is released because all the forces pulling him to the pepsi side have just disappeared. It propels him deep as hell into the coke side. He will never drink pepsi again, coke never let him down before.
Corny example, but it's rooted deeply into life. It's the reason why hardcore anti-smokers become chain smokers. It's the reason why drug addicts stop doin drugs all together. It's the reason why the guy who you could always count on is never there for you anymore. It's the reason why people fall away from their faiths (or fall into faith).
It makes alot of sense.
So one day when you're talkin to your friends about someone who suddenly just changed their whole way of thinking. Quote me, The Mystic, and my slingshot theory.
posted by Allen M @ 8/01/2003 01:41:00 AM
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