The spotlight effect is the psychological phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are. Being that one is constantly in the center of one’s own world, an accurate evaluation of how much one is noticed by others is uncommon…
How I Internet https://louplummer.lol/post/how-i-internet I do not have the time to internet the way I want to. In a perfect world, I would stay caught up on my RSS feeds instead of being somewhere around 7,000 articles behind. I would have all three of my email accounts at Inbox Zero instead of just the... #WeblogPoMo2024
@bup I love it. Jack Baty is probably a great guy, but I am much more interested in seeing what people like than what they dislike. I especially respect that you put your hometown on there. I love mine too (Fayetteville, NC) even if it gets a lot of crap for being a military town. I recently wrote a piece much like yours. https://louplummer.lol/post/twenty-sublime-moments
🚴 So my daughter and her family (all cyclists) are going to France in July and they don't plan to see a single stage of the Tour de France and I don't understand where I failed as a parent.
@greg They are all Tour fans too, but the logistics of the trip just didn't work out for them. The race is wonky this year because the Olympics are happening at the same time. It doesn't even end in Paris.
@greg One of my cycling buddies went a few years back and came back amazed at the size of the riders. He said most of them are as big as your average middle schooler. Even Mighty Mark Cavendish, the sprinter, was tiny he said.
@niclake That's great. We love the NC mountains too and go every chance we get. Heading that way this coming weekend as a matter of fact. Thanks for visiting!
@alexandra Although we don't have Royals to panic the brass into painting all the rocks, that mind set is just as prevalent in the US as it is in the UK for VIPs