> which is to say, whatever caricature they regard as Bay Area thinking, since there's no single such thing Yes. And it is exactly what I said > if people _

> which is to say, whatever caricature they regard as Bay Area thinking, since there's no single such thing Yes. And it is exactly what I said > if people _believe_ "it's what people in Bay Are would think" That kind of "tension towards conformity" is still very present, at least it seems to me, even though they are conforming to an idealized and/or caricatural way of life. And my understanding of the original comment is that it was mocking the "bay area billionaire wannabes". > Usually they do so angrily or sarcastically, since people get defensive when they think they're going against a dominant view. This wasn't the case though. My point is that my last comment costed me some downvotes and a minus on the karma, but it wasn't angry or sarcastic or against a dominant view, it was only an analysis on someone else's comment. No big deal, probably someone disagreed with it and downvoted the comment, but that's not what a downvote should be used for - AFAIK.