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I hear more people complain about outrage than actual outrage. It's especially hilarious when I go to sensitivity training and a bunch of privileged co-workers
by kelukelugames 11y ago
I hear more people complain about outrage than actual outrage. It's especially hilarious when I go to sensitivity training and a bunch of privileged co-workers complain about being afraid to have fun.
- exstudent2 11y agoDo you not see that by finding your co-worker's discomfort "hilarious" and labeling them "privileged" that you are doing your part to perpetuate and create outrage?
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- kelukelugames 11y agoTheir discomfort comes from people telling them to stop checking sex jokes into the code base, posting comments about women's panties, making dick jokes, etc. Stopping inappropriate behavior is not outrage.
- exstudent2 11y agoHonestly I have a hard time believing that a company that would have sensitivity training would allow any of that behavior to continue beyond a single offense. That being said, my point is that you are not helping anything regardless of the validity of the original complaints. You display flippant indignation by finding this "hilarious". Would it not help educate your co-workers to treat them reasonably instead of sarcastically confrontational? Has that approach ever yielded results? That's one of the main things about outrage culture. Outrage will never convince anyone that they're wrong, it will only make them double down on their original ideas.
- kelukelugames 11y agoI apologize for displaying "flippant indignation" on an Internet forum.
- seattle_spring 11y agoI bet their outrage is actually from things like: - Being told the term "you guys" is a micro-aggression that disenfranchises marginalized peoples. - Being scolded for using the term "man hours." - Being around people who think that a red hand at a crosswalk is emblematic of systemic racism. - Working with people who look down at spending Thanksgiving with family, and instead rant about how you're celebrating the murder of the native peoples. ... and any other similar non-issue that psychos left and right today are touting as the biggest issues facing people today.
- kelukelugames 11y agoNo, I was there. That didn't happen. I think you are falling for what the medium article described.
- ebola1717 11y agoThe whole point of the article is that all of those usually go "Hey, we should refer to our db nodes as the primary and secondaries, cause master & slave has some historical baggage" "Yeah, K, not really a big deal" Not "OMG YOU CALLED THE DB NODE SLAVE YOU'RE RACIST ARRHRHRGRGRGGRGR"
- seattle_spring 11y agoThen I disagree with the premise of the article, and the dozen or so friends on my Facebook feed that attended Mt Holyoke are proof that this sort of outrage is a real thing.
- exstudent2 11y agoI think this is a great example of what I mention up thread. kelukelugames helped to spread the outrage with their tone and dog whistles about "privilege". seattle_spring then picked it up and ran with it. Had kelukelugames presented their argument in a less troll-y way, the outrage may have reached a temporary endpoint instead of spreading.
- c2the3rd 11y agoI hear more people complain about Westboro Babtist Church than I hear Westboro Babtist Church complain about anything. That doesn't mean Westboro Babtist Church is not a problem. It just means the majority is sane.