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Cognitive dissonance: noun, the uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously.
Example 1) Looking at this baseball card, and knowing that Mr. Lamp was only 30 years old at the time this picture was taken.
Example 2) Seeing this baseball card, and knowing that Mr. Lamp was still pitching in the 1990′s (his last year was 1992).
Example 3) Realizing that this is the same Dennis Lamp that later played for the Red Sox in the late 80′s/early 90′s.
Oh 1982 Dennis Lamp, what would you say to 1989 Dennis Lamp if you had the chance? Hand on your hip, your scruffy haircut falling out from beneath your too-tight Sox cap, gazing into the distance…What happened to your glasses? The extra two inches on your mustache?* Your pose that said “Bring me a beer” instead of “Could you kindly point me in the direction of the barber shop quartet?”
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Tags: 1982, cognitive dissonance, facial hair, fleer, glasses, nerd, nerds, pitcher, white sox
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It appears to me that Dennis got nerdier over the years, despite losing the glasses. 1989 Dennis is a bona-fide nerd, though that could be because he looks like he’s 55 years old. Are you as happy as I am that we get to watch baseball today rather than in the 1980s, when actually being an athlete was a bonus that made you an all-star?
In the 1982 card, that’s a really unlucky place for that “photo spot” to show up. It looks like he has a raging case of herpes.