What’s missing from this whole cultural movement are articles about “why I became a radical leftist”.
We need to see people go there and come back to the middle, to understand why this is happening. Just like how we have a few articles from Trump people going see and coming back out.
My assumption is it’s an outlet for things going wrong in their own life that they cannot change.
Imagine the opposite. You come with a preconceived notion that your colleagues are tough, resilient, uncosseted.
It’s simply not true of Bay Area employees. They make huge sums of money and yet you must give them everything they want or they will strike, form unions etc.
They are emotionally triggered by words they misinterpret etc.
It’s better to be realistic about the people you are going to work with so as to not hurt their feelings. Is this weak? Yes. But I think what they believe in is that it’s okay to be weak and lack emotional resilience, and instead, we should restrict and censure anything and anyone that violates are emotional safety, rather than being strong and building emotional resilience, etc.
If the quote references “Bay Area” women then this is completely different to talking about women in general - which would be sexist.
Like many commenters here you are taking the quote out of context. A classic scarecrow argument.
Because if we read “Bay area women”, we then have to ask “why does he draw this conclusion about Bay Area women in particular?”.
And then it becomes obvious he is comparing them to the Eastern European women he is newly dating.
Read the full quote.
He should have included Bay Area men too but because he is comparing to his girlfriend it wouldn’t have made sense.
> trade for shotgun shells during invasion
Most Bay Area people are anti-military and easily offended and need a heap of things to be done for them to feel “safe” and mental support etc. - as is perfectly exemplified in this very drama. This is your Bay Area women he talks about.
The point he makes here is that if there was a zombie invasion survival situation (zombies associate with shotguns), it’s unlikely that the people with characteristics I described above would be much help, compared with his Easter European girlfriend who he sees as tougher. This could be said about “bay area people”.
It’s honestly funny to think about a Bay Area person fighting a zombie war because of every trivial thing triggers them into an anxiety attack.
> The Pyramid shows biased behaviors, growing in complexity from the bottom to the top. Although the behaviors at each level negatively impact individuals and groups, as one moves up the pyramid, the behaviors have more life-threatening consequences. Like a pyramid, the upper levels are supported by the lower levels. If people or institutions treat behaviors on the lower levels as being acceptable or “normal,” it results in the behaviors at the next level becoming more accepted. In response to the questions of the world community about where the hate of genocide comes from, the Pyramid of Hate demonstrates that the hate of genocide is built upon the acceptance of behaviors described in the lower levels of the pyramid.
The point being made was that this is really bad because it’s a step on the way to genocide.
That’s what DHH said I believe.
And it would be in the context of trying to get the employee fired who made it.
Also the other co-founder is Jewish. So having someone bring up something like that is probably insulting.
To who? Eastern European woman. How is this sexist?
> known misogynist
Men find women physically attractive.
I would be interested to know what films, books, comedians you actually find permissible for yourself to enjoy.
If you take offense to what is written here, I really don’t see how most of the media available today can be suitable. Do you ever ask yourself if you are being consistent in your standards?
You are hearing only what supports your narrative because you need to hate on something. Humans simply love to hate.
The context of the quote is comparing Bay Area women to the Eastern European woman that he is dating.
And now you bring the female healthcare workers into it too. Hey women - look what this guy is writing about you.
What you will find is that it is actually you, who is decreasing net happiness of everyone around you from your confused outrage.
The article author and the people who share the quote out of context, all think they are helping (at least I hope) but they are actually saddening the world and spreading a fiction that doesn’t exist.
He is comparing Bay Area girls to a girl he was sleeping with whose family moved here from Russia when she was a teenager and who “had spent years backpacking through jobs in rougher parts of the world”.
This is the reference to “worldliness”.
Being raised in the Bay Area compared to the experience of a family descended from Russia is of course going to result in a different upbringing and personality.
I don’t think this is hard to argue with unless you are naive to history and have not spoken to those who lives through 20th century Eastern Europe.
Ironic, as the lack of “worldliness” that those refute, is the same quality that prevents them from appreciating the sentiment in the quote.
A lot of fashion is about bravery, as mentioned in the article.
People look on those who can wear what they want as free, because they know they are not, and that they are afraid of being judged.
I saw a guy wearing a kimono and a belt yesterday. Was quite a sight.
Typical judgmental thoughts of "look at that odd dude“ went through my head. But I realized that I couldn’t wear that and the reason would be other people judging me for it, or assigning questionable gender identity upon me.
When looking back to 18th century fashion it is extreme compared to the extremes that people are chasing today.
Everyone is trying to be different. Maybe wigs will come back.
Imagine a world without fashion judgement. What would you wear?
Cooking is enjoyable and you can get the same flow state cooking that you can coding. And it’s where you can let your mind wander and come up with sparks of new ideas/approaches.
Same here. I love software but also hate it. Too many decisions.
During lockdown I relish the opportunity to clean the house and cook because they are straightforward tasks where there are clear goals and I always achieve success.
Software for me these days involves too much despair and worry over whether things are done the right way.
We need to see people go there and come back to the middle, to understand why this is happening. Just like how we have a few articles from Trump people going see and coming back out.
My assumption is it’s an outlet for things going wrong in their own life that they cannot change.