Wonderful story, Jan. I've had similar experiences in the past both with myself and friends--one of whom was so certain that a Vanilla Oatmilk Latte at our favorite coffee shop was called an "Oatley," (even though it was not), I began to doubt my perception.
Apply that to perceptions of people and it can be very dangerous. In fact, I have watched shunning take place as a result of a single person's influential perception as the agreed-upon "truth."
Great damage was done by these adults--who were not teenagers, looking for acceptance, identity and belonging.
It is an immature human-social disconnect that we project into familial-ism, racism, nationalism, corporatism, among so many other identity boxes.
Wonderful story, Jan. I've had similar experiences in the past both with myself and friends--one of whom was so certain that a Vanilla Oatmilk Latte at our favorite coffee shop was called an "Oatley," (even though it was not), I began to doubt my perception.
Apply that to perceptions of people and it can be very dangerous. In fact, I have watched shunning take place as a result of a single person's influential perception as the agreed-upon "truth."
Great damage was done by these adults--who were not teenagers, looking for acceptance, identity and belonging.
It is an immature human-social disconnect that we project into familial-ism, racism, nationalism, corporatism, among so many other identity boxes.
I'd like get to the root of this!