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Damn, the outrage culture is just so uncomfortable. How could this be contained?

by oh-kumudo 8y ago

thrill 8y ago
By hiring adults?
guelo 8y ago
Shutdown Facebook?
ironic_ali 8y ago
Given the current media clickbait consciousness, we should be outraged. "Outrage culture is outrageous, but try this one $imple trick....."
pjc50 8y ago
Well, outrage could be reduced by not doing outrageous things like the entire Kavanaugh appointment process (or indeed the non appointment of Garland). The culture war works both ways. Until someone reins in the provocation culture the outrage will continue.
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Jyaif 8y ago
I think people have a fixed amount of complaining they need to do, regardless of the environment they live in. As the standard of living improve, the outrages will more and more concern non important things.
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  No, I think the complaining has increased, not just stayed the same. Maybe as things improve, expectations improve faster? "Perfection is almost within reach! All we have to do is eliminate these few remaining flaws..."
  - repolfx 8y ago
    I think it's just that everyone realised that powerful people can be browbeaten into compliance with almost trivial levels of complaining if it's phrased right. All you have to do is say, "I'm a woman and this is hurtful" (as this article says explicitly is happening in Facebook) and executives, politicians, academics, regulators etc all immediately fall into line. Telling a woman to toughen up is culturally impossible which means all sorts of people have realised they can grab the driving seat of powerful organisations without actually climbing to the top. All the power, none of the responsibility - who can resist such an offer? So we get this cascade of ludicrous complaints, like the senior police officer in the UK who was suspended for saying "our behaviour must be whiter than white" because using a common idiom for 'not corrupt' is now racist. There's no logic to it, but the ability to anonymously exercise power over a huge organisation at will is irresistable to too many. This will end only when strong leaders start firing people who try to claim offence at trivial things. The pendulum will eventually swing back - it has to, organisations that don't let it swing will be destroyed by the constant infighting over power.

Damn, the outrage culture is just so uncomfortable. How could this be contained?

thrill 8y ago

By hiring adults?

guelo 8y ago

Shutdown Facebook?

ironic_ali 8y ago

Given the current media clickbait consciousness, we should be outraged. "Outrage culture is outrageous, but try this one $imple trick....."

pjc50 8y ago

Well, outrage could be reduced by not doing outrageous things like the entire Kavanaugh appointment process (or indeed the non appointment of Garland). The culture war works both ways. Until someone reins in the provocation culture the outrage will continue.

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Jyaif 8y ago

I think people have a fixed amount of complaining they need to do, regardless of the environment they live in. As the standard of living improve, the outrages will more and more concern non important things.

AnimalMuppet 8y ago
No, I think the complaining has increased, not just stayed the same. Maybe as things improve, expectations improve faster? "Perfection is almost within reach! All we have to do is eliminate these few remaining flaws..."
- repolfx 8y ago
  I think it's just that everyone realised that powerful people can be browbeaten into compliance with almost trivial levels of complaining if it's phrased right. All you have to do is say, "I'm a woman and this is hurtful" (as this article says explicitly is happening in Facebook) and executives, politicians, academics, regulators etc all immediately fall into line. Telling a woman to toughen up is culturally impossible which means all sorts of people have realised they can grab the driving seat of powerful organisations without actually climbing to the top. All the power, none of the responsibility - who can resist such an offer? So we get this cascade of ludicrous complaints, like the senior police officer in the UK who was suspended for saying "our behaviour must be whiter than white" because using a common idiom for 'not corrupt' is now racist. There's no logic to it, but the ability to anonymously exercise power over a huge organisation at will is irresistable to too many. This will end only when strong leaders start firing people who try to claim offence at trivial things. The pendulum will eventually swing back - it has to, organisations that don't let it swing will be destroyed by the constant infighting over power.