Same Meme, Different Emotions

Anger, fear, disgust, sadness or enjoyment? So whenever we feel these emotions which underpin our moods, our attitudes, our intentions and our motivations, anger, fear, disgust, sadness or enjoyment, this is one of the core teachings in Disinfolklore and in positive trolling which is once we feel our emotions engaged that’s when we can raise our incoming troll radar to try and triage whatever this informational unit is and to try and work out what’s going on here. So anger, fear, disgust, sadness or enjoyment, the same meme will provoke in will enjoyment as in mockers sadness or disgust or in a MAGA cult member will enjoy the meme but I will get angry about it.

Source: Podcast Alaska Trolls

The same meme triggers different emotions in different people — a MAGA supporter feels enjoyment where a critic feels anger. This variation across personality types is precisely what Disinfolklorists exploit. The five Ekman emotions (anger, fear, disgust, sadness, enjoyment) are the palette they work with.

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