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How do you figure?

• fastball 6y ago
  Not GC, but I'll try to answer constructively. I don't know Doreen personally, but the thing that always strikes me about her writing is how much of it is spent calling other people names (exactly as the GC did to her) or talking about how other people mistreat her. In this article: "classist", "toxic", "asshole", "mommy issues", "bullying me", "warped", "unhealthy", "harassing me", "insulting me" are all used. And yet not once did Doreen apparently do anything wrong. She comes across as entirely blameless, which to me is a sign of a suspect narrative. It's like my friend that hasn't had much luck romantically who always blames such issues on the women he dates – failing to realize that the common denominator is not them, it's him.
  • HolidSRDCB 6y ago
    Pretty much. Reading these phrases made my skin crawl and really put me off the article. I did not even know beforehand that this was written by DoreenMichelle. Maybe it is out of personal experience dealing with people that warp reality to fit their narrative but I tend to become overly sceptical when I see this style. This comment also has a nice observation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25311796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25311796