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EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern. There’s some folks here who REALLY don’t like talking about true wa

by dvtrn 6y ago

EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern. There’s some folks here who REALLY don’t like talking about true ways our industry can fail and in some cases has failed at being decent and fair and ethical to people of protected classes, or just in general.

throw1234651234 6y ago
I think it's generally what he said. We age in one or two ways - get old and decrepit, or get overwhelming experience/skill which is tremendously useful. The first scares people and a lot do assume it's just the first part - maybe they think I am unaware of the second. Thanks for your reply! For full context, I am older too, that's why I asked.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  I think it's generally what he said. Oh I grokked it ;) but I felt very it needed a very fine and hyper-specific point to it because I'm older too, I also happen to be a racial minority, and it's a frustrating and sore point of mine-the way these topics sometimes (though in my honest opinion: far too often) get blunted and watered down so that whomever can avoid the uncomfortable sensation of staring a reality they don't suffer from, but might (operative word: might) be an unwitting participant of in the maw. Let it be said now that your eyes are on this line, dear readers: that's not me suggesting or intimating that the person I replied to above is doing this. They're not. But it is a trend that some would be more than happy to pretend doesn't exist because they haven't had a reason to tune their cognitive receivers into the broadcast frequency people like me are sensitive to and have been bombarded with for far longer, with far worse outcomes. And I will speak out about it. Every time. Downvotes be damned.
  - throw1234651234 6y ago
    Glad there are people on here who "get it".

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EDIT: not sure why you're down-voted. Ageism is a thing and a legitimate source of concern. There’s some folks here who REALLY don’t like talking about true wa

by dvtrn 6y ago

throw1234651234 6y ago
I think it's generally what he said. We age in one or two ways - get old and decrepit, or get overwhelming experience/skill which is tremendously useful. The first scares people and a lot do assume it's just the first part - maybe they think I am unaware of the second. Thanks for your reply! For full context, I am older too, that's why I asked.
- dvtrn 6y ago
  I think it's generally what he said. Oh I grokked it ;) but I felt very it needed a very fine and hyper-specific point to it because I'm older too, I also happen to be a racial minority, and it's a frustrating and sore point of mine-the way these topics sometimes (though in my honest opinion: far too often) get blunted and watered down so that whomever can avoid the uncomfortable sensation of staring a reality they don't suffer from, but might (operative word: might) be an unwitting participant of in the maw. Let it be said now that your eyes are on this line, dear readers: that's not me suggesting or intimating that the person I replied to above is doing this. They're not. But it is a trend that some would be more than happy to pretend doesn't exist because they haven't had a reason to tune their cognitive receivers into the broadcast frequency people like me are sensitive to and have been bombarded with for far longer, with far worse outcomes. And I will speak out about it. Every time. Downvotes be damned.
  - throw1234651234 6y ago
    Glad there are people on here who "get it".