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I paused a YouTube video to express this response. The psychologist in the video was talking about a certain malignant narcissist who threw rocks at babies when he was 10 years old. The psychologist lamented that there is no hope for the malignant narcissist, that one never outgrows that disorder.
No disrespect to mushrooms…. It was just the image that came to mind while I was watching the video. Probably for two reasons: 1) I associate degeneracy with fungi and 2) mushrooms have the general shape of miniature trees, but can never “grow up” to serve as trees serve.
ChatGPT obliged me with a background image (one prompt and three refinements).