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Don't be so judgemental. I could probably find a lot of things in your life which I would find "dorky". There is no universal definition of Dorkiness, it is a c
by systemvoltage 6y ago
Don't be so judgemental. I could probably find a lot of things in your life which I would find "dorky". There is no universal definition of Dorkiness, it is a condescending term for things that people don't agree with, without any kind of justification. It is a matter of personal taste and opinion. Keep it to yourself please.
- simias 6y agoThis was mostly self-deprecating in this case, so it gets a pass from me. And I mean, if anything can ever be qualified as "dorky", this is: https://www.citysegwaytours.com/uploads/3716/Chicago-Two-Hour-Segway_gallery3.png https://www.citysegwaytours.com/uploads/3716/Chicago-Two-Hou... But dorky stuff can be a lot of fun. Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker but "dorky" doesn't have a super negative connotation to me, it can be quite endearing actually.
- rdiddly 6y agoThe helmets don't help. Without those... still dorky? Not sure. Less so, at least, but does the dorkiness decrease enough to pass under the threshold of ultimate dorkiness? Dorky is such a razor-edge. Basically it means you're doing something culturally unusual that maybe has connotations of being "too technical" at the expense of, I guess aesthetics. Like using technology to get around instead of moving through the world like a graceful gazelle with pure and beautiful movements that approach art, you know like all of us do all the time when we're not on Segways riiiight? (cue 5 seconds of news report on obesity epidemic with the usual footage of random overweight people lumbering down the street) Thing is, even iPhones were dorky at first. So then how did iPhones become cool (except secretly as a Gen-Xer who lived 10 years of life without so much as an Atari, I still think you're all dorks and myself too but anyway) but Segways remained dorky? Ironically the only explanation I come up with is that they (Segways) never became wildly popular. But that's essentially a circular argument. I dunno, I dont expect I'll ever be able to explain the behavior of "the crowd."
- aswanson 6y agoLol. Thanks for that laugh. Ironically, as you get older, doing something 'dorky' in public and not caring what anyone thinks is a signal of total individualism/self-assurance. Which is cool in my book.
- jodrellblank 6y ago> "if anything can ever be qualified as "dorky", this is" Segway made it into Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" parody song https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?t=74 https://youtu.be/N9qYF9DZPdw?t=74
- 7373737373 6y agoI'm judging your meta-judgmentalness
- systemvoltage 6y agoWhat am I judging? The fact that it's condescending?
- jjeaff 6y agoThey are judging your hyper-sensitivity to something that shouldn't be taken very seriously at all.
- systemvoltage 6y agoPerhaps I am being too sensitive, I am trying to introspect. What's clear to me is that when we call people nerds, dorks, weirdos, geeks, etc. it has an undertone of condescence. May be it triggered me because I was called a nerd in highschool and throughout college, almost always in a derogatory manner. What's wrong with being nerdy and interested in technology and science and math I said to myself and ignored others as much as possible.
- 7373737373 6y agoI can understand this very well because the same happened with me. It's important for us to learn to not care about what others think of us, to see these actions by others as more of a challenge than an insult, and to completely own what we do. People like to play games where they test each others confidence, and unfortunately, perceived weakness is often met with ridicule, rather than empathy.
- systemvoltage 6y agoThanks, I appreciate your comment.
- briefcomment 6y agoI mean, more power to the people who don't care what others think right? No reason to care if others find something dorky. I would focus on yourself if you find that you keep yourself from doing harmless things because of what other people think.
- Gibbon1 6y agoReminds me of seeing an imagine of a lady walking her dog while riding a segway with people making fun of her. My thought was what if she'd blown out her knee? Or was like a friend of mine who had really bad arthritis in his hips. Or my 85 year old dad who can ride a bicycle, ride a horse, drive a truck, but because of his sciatica can't walk more than an 1/8 of a mile.