Oedon is there to (1) create a link between old Pthumerian ways and the present, and (2) reinforce why Arianna's blood is more important than other people's That's... all. There's no need to develop him beyond that. Claiming [NPC] is "secretly Oedon" just demonstrates that you missed the point.

My understanding is what the field studies is the interplay on fringe outlets, social media, politicians, and mainstream media. They reinforce each other, magnify each other. Something that starts fringe gets picked up by politicians, then amplified repeatedly by all parties for their purposes.

Undecided voter panels exist just to reinforce the dems running to the center (right)

That’s a good clip to share - his debate style wasn’t as polished as Vance but Vance was so smarmy and I think ( I hope!) Walzs’ earnestness will evoke the quality of authenticity and Vance’s polish will reinforce his smarminess

I know everyone is stompin' mad about Walz being the nice guy up there but that's a big part of his branding and it's not the absolute worst strategy to reinforce that image, especially in a debate that won't really matter in the polls

2) Confirmation Bias: Your 2nd statement indicates this in you’re only seeming to notice posts that reinforce your negative perception of LinkedIn content, ignoring any high-quality or more human-like posts — who do exist in abundance there.

I don't always have a bad opinion of someone, but when I do, they'll somehow be in every space I end up in and continue to reinforce it.

Oh sure let’s reinforce the schools and turn them into prisons rather than address the guns #debate

The in-law I recently finally went no contact with used the expression "smell test" often, whenever he wanted to reinforce a point he had zero facts to back up they must use it on fox a lot

Then why do you reinforce it?