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# Make it bad
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/make-it-bad/
- Published: 2026-08-19T06:00:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-19T06:00:53.000Z
- Description: It's our human super-power! 🦹🏻
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Comics, Anxiety, Film & TV, MECHANICS, Metaphor, Psychology, Quick insight

Couldn't resist this, after the [previous Daily Reminder](https://www.gilespcroft.com/protective-bias/).

It's so perfect:

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/2026/08/2026-08-19-Make-it-bad.JPG)

Cartoon by [Asher Perlman](https://ashermaxperlman.com/?ref=gilespcroft.com#cartoons): [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/asherperlman?ref=gilespcroft.com) • [X.com](https://x.com/asherperlman/status/2086096607573897586?ref=gilespcroft.com)

 I'm not saying a word.

🤐

Giles

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Let's get serious for a moment here.