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Mister Geth, I put it to you that override367 has failed in his duties. While his backup Echo has abdicated! In light of this, I move for an emergency thread start!
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cool. that seemed a little too obvious, so I wasn't sure if it would give the right impression. certainly seems to, though.
thanks
I feel so dangerous right now
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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because I didn't know about it!
That's really neat. Thank you.
Also, here is that thing I've been trying to post: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/
NBC is the only broadcast net I watch with any regularity, yet it's almost always in last place.
So the problem here is obviously mine.
also i seem to meet a lot of nerdy dudes with lisps.
so what is the deal with nerds and lisps? is it really more common among nerds or is it just that i notice it because it validates my expectations?
I'm "working"
it is strange to me that all these metaphors are required to illustrate the concept that white guys don't have to deal with a lot of things that non-white non-guys have to deal with.
it'd probably a good idea to do this too
hmm maybe I should toss something together just in case
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I've known quite a few nerds in real life. None of them have lithpth.
maybe lisp -> social ostracizing -> embracing of non-popular interests -> grow into hideous neckbeard -> maintain lisp
Maybe having a speech impediment limits your social options from a young age, forcing you in a small range of roles.
The Lisp fairy only visits the nerd community. It's a fetish of his.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Use my method. Occasionally create threads. Do a effort post OP. Maybe have some effort posts in the thread. Reuse said effort posts as Chat OP. Accept your accolades as a hero.
Well, and one of the author's points being that if you don't dress up that message somehow, a lot of people will tend to reject the message without thinking about it.
Though the metaphors don't seem to be working particularly very well either.
Go all Fight Club on the company.
Set everyone back to zero.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
I wont stand for this sort of Lisp Fairy denial.
You will be burned in the town square.
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
people are bad at assessing relative degrees of suffering and privilege
this is true even if it's something not as complex or sophisticated as racial privileges
people have difficulty assessing whether they have, say, made a net contribution or net benefit from social insurance
fff
wasn't the plan to break from school to get the card to zero?
which one of you has a heroin habit
DON'T LIE I'M CHECKING TOE WEBBINGS
create... threads?
sounds like dark magics
Speaking of that, I need to sacrifice a goat and do the new instant watch film thread.
my brothers both have speech impediments from an early age (probably caused by ear infections) that makes their "r's" into "w's". i don't notice it because i came up with them, but apparently it's super-noticeable.
for whatever reason, though, the r->w doesn't seem as associated with nerddom as the s-> th.
toe webbings are one of the parts of the body that really squick me out
It's both. There's some confirmation bias I'm sure but it's also true that people with speech impediments like lisps, stammers, nasal vocal tones, and conditions that lead to mouth-breathing are more common among nerds and gamers and the like.
Why?
Because people with circumstances like that tend to get shit on it for it as kids, especially as adolescents, and as a result will have a tendency to develop anxieties and socially outcast status. This will lead to them developing hobbies, interests, and social circles that are reflective of that. A lot of nerdy hobbies are basically perfect in this regard.
See also: all other nerd stereotypes.
To say whether you like or dislike some condition, it's easy. It is the relative judgment that is difficult. Magnitudes are hard.
well sure
but i mean dressing up the assertion that "you are privileged" into a gaming (or whatever other) sort of metaphor doesn't strengthen the assertion.
that is, metaphor is generally used to illustrate a difficult concept. i find it hard to believe that the assertion of privilege is being rejected by people because they just don't understand it.
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So am i, obviously...
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Agreed. My cousin has always had a pronounce r-w impediment, and he's a CPA with a masters degree and was a quarterback in college.
not really. it is also why a foot race metaphor is the common one predating this scalzi one about the internets. In these contexts, people are habituated into thinking in terms of degrees and magnitudes, rather than binary "I suffered for this once, so it can't be privilege/I deserve the benefits/etc."