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I had a hilarious exchange with a 20-something person at an event recently. Me: "Is {particular social injustice} still happening in the world? I feel like tha
by ethbro 8y ago
I had a hilarious exchange with a 20-something person at an event recently.
Me: "Is {particular social injustice} still happening in the world? I feel like that doesn't happen regularly anymore."
Person: "People are doing it all the time on Instagram. I've seen two posts this month."
Me: "I'm not on Instagram."
Person: "It happens on Facebook too. I saw one this year."
Me: "I'm not on Facebook."
Person: "Then how do you know what's going on in the world?!"
- sp332 8y agoSo you wanted to know something, and this person knew it, and it's funny because you wanted them not to know it either? I don't get it.
- adamnemecek 8y agoThat it’s as infrequent as non existent and that few samples are extrapolated to make statements about state of the world.
- watwut 8y agoMy close colleges and family don't do X in my presence is hardly proof of X don't exist. Making that observation and then extrapolating it to state of world is equally fallacious.