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@womp_tomp post hoc personhood #politics #womptomp
@womp_tomp
Instagram · Split screen
@womp_tomp post hoc personhood #politics #womptomp
Performance
Video #39681 · Split screen
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The creator delivers a satirical monologue arguing against a perceived societal double standard where women are not held accountable for their negative actions. He uses the case of Lindsay Clancy, a mother who killed her children, as a central example, sarcastically listing excuses like hormones and astrology. He contrasts this with the demand for women to be taken as serious political actors, illustrating his points with a rapid succession of overlaid images and videos related to feminism, women's health, and social activism, ultimately labeling the phenomenon "Schrodinger's rationality."
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 55%
THIS BRUTAL TRIPLE HOMICIDE OF HER OWN CHILDREN WAS
Verbal hook · 40%
This brutal triple homicide of her own children was not her fault.
Visual hook · 5%
A split-screen composition showing the speaker on the bottom half and two images on the top half: a woman in a courtroom and a political commentator in a studio.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The video opens with a morally shocking and counter-intuitive statement about a horrific event, immediately challenging the viewer's assumptions and compelling them to understand the justification.
Payoff
The payoff is the coining of the 'Conceptual Punchline.' It provides a satisfying, witty summary of the entire argument, making the viewer feel intelligent for understanding the critique and giving them a new term to use.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Schrodinger's Logic Satire
To satirize a perceived logical inconsistency or double standard by first stating an absurd premise, then "proving" it with increasingly ridiculous justifications, and finally labeling the flawed logic with a memorable, pseudo-intellectual term.
The Absurd Thesis
Presents a controversial and seemingly indefensible position as a factual statement, using a specific, extreme example as the foundation for the argument.
The Cascade of Mocking Excuses
Rapidly lists a series of increasingly absurd, emotional, or pseudo-scientific justifications for the thesis, satirizing the types of arguments the creator is critiquing.
The Hypocritical Demand
Pivots from a position of non-accountability to a demand for power and serious consideration, creating a stark contrast that highlights the core hypocrisy being targeted.
The Conditional Agency Clause
Explicitly states the double standard by defining a universal principle (e.g., free will, agency) and then immediately carving out a self-serving exception for any situation involving fault.
The Dichotomy of Outcomes
Illustrates the double standard with two opposing scenarios. In the positive scenario, agency is claimed as a triumph over adversity. In the negative scenario, agency is denied, and the outcome is blamed on external forces.
The Conceptual Punchline
Coins a clever, memorable, pseudo-intellectual phrase to label the entire flawed logical framework that has just been deconstructed. This serves as the intellectual climax and provides a shareable takeaway.
post hoc personhood #politics #womptomp
This brutal triple homicide of her own children was not her fault. You don't understand the hormones. You don't understand what it was like. You don't understand where Mercury was in the sky that day, but take us very serious as political actors who should have more power immediately. We We have free will, accountability, and agency, and it's very disrespectful to pretend that we don't, except for in situations where anything would be our fault, in which case none of those things exist. When woman do good thing, it's because she overcame extremely difficult circumstances, yay, powerful independent. When woman does bad thing, it's because despite her best efforts, she couldn't have helped but lie in wait and then murder her three children when her husband went away. Schrodinger's rationality, post hoc personhood. Because you don't understand the depths of our chaotic instability and emotion, but don't