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I'm also surprised at the amount of overly sensitive people defending Garadget here. Their basis -- that this customer was likely brought up wrong -- is a bit a
by hehheh 10y ago
I'm also surprised at the amount of overly sensitive people defending Garadget here. Their basis -- that this customer was likely brought up wrong -- is a bit amusing. It suggests that the defenders were brought up to judge others based a single interaction, without any thought of context, or anything but the barest of social awareness.
'course, here I am doing the judging now.
- mizzao 10y agoSounds like a case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error
- hellofunk 10y agoWelcome to American culture. If you think this is bad, look at how parents judge other parents' parenting skills. Mom-shaming is one of the great American past-times. There are few cultures in the developed world with such a strong affinity for judging others. It's the root of the political climate, too: two people who might otherwise get along will, for example, often never have a second date once they discover they are from different political parties.
- otterley 10y agoShaming others is one of the basic acts of culture reinforcement. It's everywhere in one form of another, not just America. You might notice it here if you're a foreigner because what we shame might be different than where you come from.
- hellofunk 10y agoYes it is everywhere, but it definitely exists in different degrees among different cultures. Some societies show much greater preoccupation with other people's lives than other societies. Which is why some cultures are known as more "tolerant" than others.
- incongruity 10y agoIndeed. Isn't that what much of this thread is about, aimed at the developer/company in question here as well?
- CaptainZapp 10y agoMom-shaming is one thing. Calling child protection services because other parents allow their kids to roam outdside without constant supervision is a whole different kettle of fish.
- hellofunk 10y agoAnd yet roaming outside without supervision is perfectly accepted and safe in most regions of the U.S. (certainly not all), and the world. I can't tell if you are justifying a call to child protection services in such a case, or not.
- CaptainZapp 10y agoI can't tell if you are justifying a call to child protection services in such a case, or not. No. Absolutely not! I'm horrified to read stories where that actually happened.