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Victimology Poker

On Clown-World America's New National Pastime and Its End Game

Daniel D
Jul 9, 2022
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Victimology Poker: Clown-World America’s New National Pastime!
Victimology Poker: Clown-World America’s New National Pastime!

The incomparable Gad Saad popularized the term “victimology poker,” which refers to the uniquely Western pathology of making a virtue out of being a victim, even to the point of greatly exaggerating or outright inventing traumas to enhance one’s status. Older generations referred to this simply as having a “pity party,” but younger Millennials and Gen Z have made this form of self-sabotage America’s new national pastime.

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