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Reminds me of http://www.classmatters.org/2006_07/its-not-them.php http://www.classmatters.org/2006_07/its-not-them.php Which has been applied in tech in https

• chickenfries 8y ago
  Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting so far. "Inessential weirdness" is something I've been thinking about for a while but didn't have a name for.
  • justtopost 8y ago
    The problem is, what seemed reasonable and essentially weird then, and what seems that way in retrospect, are very, very different. This is a problem for both sides of the coin. What is essential is in the eye of the observer, through the lens of their culture and time. Calling someone's drive 'inessential' is just cast8ng judgement by another name.
• dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  I deeply disagree with the author's politics however I think the following paragraph deserves quoting: >Whether or not there's an obvious connection with money or status, if these cultural clashes happen across class lines, then class dynamics are at work. Of course there are also working-class vegetarians, Buddhists and so on, and when they get culture-shock reactions from other working-class people, it's not a class issue. But whenever there's a big difference in income, assets, education and/or status, then cultural differences become laden with class dynamics.