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> Sounds like people need to be more willing to stand up for themselves and their friends Potentially "being different" in addition to standing up and out can
by follower 16y ago
> Sounds like people need to be more willing to stand up for themselves and their friends
Potentially "being different" in addition to standing up and out can be a daunting prospect. There's a lot of perceived social risk in such situations.
- JonnieCache 16y ago>Potentially "being different" in addition to standing up and out can be a daunting prospect. This is laughable considering how much talk there is in the hacker world of defying convention, challenging conventional wisdom, standing out from the crowd, changing the world and associated platitudes.
- follower 16y agoMaybe you're a lot more confident in social situations than I am then. :) I don't think the hacker community is any more welcoming of dissenting opinions than the world at large. Standing out is a good way to get flamed. Or be told that one's opinion is "laughable". :)
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoTalk is cheap, though.
- jdp23 16y agoThere's a lot of talk about this in the hacker world. The reality is that some kinds of "different" are seen as just fine, and others have major social consequences. If you're a guy, try wearing hot pink jeans and shoes, a lavender femme-looking unisex top, and nail polish to a tech conference and see how the other guys react. It's eye-opening.
- JonnieCache 16y agoNobody is going to react well to hot pink jeans, regardless of their genital category.
- jdp23 16y agoTo the contrary. Most people react pretty darn well in most situations. Many techie guys seem to have a problem though.