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Deric Hollings
Nov 48 min read
Critical Thinking
[ DISCLAIMER ] Despite any controversy surrounding him as an artist, I continue to appreciate Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper Webbie ’s...
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Deric Hollings
Oct 416 min read
The Morality-Reality Distinction
[ DISCLAIMER ] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in my personal and professional life, I remain cognizant of...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 267 min read
Interpreted Reality
[ DISCLAIMER ] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I find it useful to define terms rather than presuming that...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 66 min read
Good Friends We've Lost Along the Way
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use On their 1974 album Natty Dread Bob Marley and the Wailers released a track entitled “No Woman, No...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 206 min read
Break Out the Mask
[DISCLAIMER] Back when personalized ringtones were popular, before the first smartphone hit the market, I had Three 6 Mafia’s intro to...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 76 min read
Unintended Consequences
[DISCLAIMER] Imagine that after getting ready for your day this morning you ventured into your kitchen and discovered that a red button...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 215 min read
Putting Toothpaste Back into the Tube
[DISCLAIMER] Sometimes, I speak in generalities—statements or principles having general rather than specific validity. For instance, I...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 108 min read
Perverse Incentives
[DISCLAIMER] Definition and examples A “perverse incentive” may be defined as a negative unintended consequence of a performance goal,...
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Deric Hollings
Feb 63 min read
Appeal to Pity
[DISCLAIMER] As matters escalate at Texas’ southern border, I’ve heard many examples of appeals to pity. Regarding this fallacy, one...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 318 min read
Perverse Qualifiers
[DISCLAIMER] Perverse qualifiers Have you heard terms such as “our democracy,” “the science,” “hate crime,” or other rhetorical...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 136 min read
Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
[DISCLAIMER] I’ve come to understand that there’s some level of confusion about the differences between prevention, diagnosis, and...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 126 min read
Sensitive Event
[DISCLAIMER] Yesterday, Google notified many users of newly-formed action entitled “Update to Inappropriate content policy (February...
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Deric Hollings
Jan 74 min read
Idols
[DISCLAIMER] As a child, I was told to hide my step-grandmother’s (“grandma”) behavior from my dad. Whereas she seemed to be irreligious,...
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Deric Hollings
Oct 21, 20237 min read
Appeal to Authority
[DISCLAIMER] Celestial authority As a child, I learned of Mount Olympus, which according to one source relates to, “Ancient Greek...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 26, 20235 min read
Member Bombs
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In season twenty, episode one of South Park, the audience was introduced to member berries....
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Deric Hollings
Aug 21, 20235 min read
The Village
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use **The Village spoilers contained herein** I recall having watched M. Night Shyamalan’s film The...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20238 min read
The Science
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use The Great Reset On their 2023 album Broken King’s II, rapper E-Fluent and producer Reckonize Real...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 2, 20234 min read
Lethal Injection
[DISCLAIMER] Towards the end of 1993, rapper Ice Cube released an album entitled Lethal Injection. It remains one of my favorite...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 12, 20234 min read
Bigots Gonna Bigot
[DISCLAIMER] In blogposts entitled Kafka Trap and Ready for the Holler, I addressed a decision handed down by the Supreme Court of the...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 2, 202310 min read
Can't Go Out Sad
[DISCLAIMER] Takeoff and REBT The first time I heard the song “Can’t Go Out Sad” by best-selling rap trio, Migos, I mistook the lyrics as...
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