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What did I just read?

by gspr 5y ago

thoms_a 5y ago
I also, am flabbergasted by the fact that I couldn't stop reading this stream-of-consciousness post. I shudder to think what it reveals about me. I may be immune to Google's algorithms through my total abstinence, but it seems that there exists a non-random sequence of words that can capture my attention against my will. This concerns me deeply.
- NikolaeVarius 5y ago
  Oh get over yourself. It was perfectly intelligible. You just choose to not to try and understand the post and push it off to some claim of not being able to choose to just ignore it like there is some magic going on.
alephnan 5y ago
Google Doodle is an organization that controls the eyeballs of billions but succumbs to all sorts of biases, including being Western centric. Pertaining to OP's question of tech pushing people into STEM, Doodle perpetuates the narrative that woman in lab coats are more commendable. The tangent I made about the Tokyo Olympic Doodle is that the Doodle team is culturally oblivious. Based on your other comment responding to OP, you've already assumed that STEM is the only tool to interpret the world and I responded that the liberal arts can also interpret the world.
zozbot234 5y ago
He's apparently surprised that tea culture is classist and elitist. I suppose he has never been to the UK?
- alephnan 5y ago
  > I suppose he has never been to the UK? I was never surprised, I am just giving context about Japanese tea culture. I have a condo in central London, thanks. I've had over a hundred Michelin star restaurants in the UK, I am very well of elitism. Have you never attended Central Saint Martins? Don't be a snob. Google Doodle promoted an obscure female scientist because she discovered the health benefits of green tea. I argued Japanese people care about the culture, not the health benefits. If this is not for Japanese people, who is the Doodle for? Westerners? This is the first point about the Western bias. Beyond this, was it intended to educate the Western audience about the health benefits of green tea?

What did I just read?

by gspr 5y ago

What did I just read?

I also, am flabbergasted by the fact that I couldn't stop reading this stream-of-consciousness post. I shudder to think what it reveals about me. I may be immune to Google's algorithms through my total abstinence, but it seems that there exists a non-random sequence of words that can capture my attention against my will. This concerns me deeply.

NikolaeVarius 5y ago
Oh get over yourself. It was perfectly intelligible. You just choose to not to try and understand the post and push it off to some claim of not being able to choose to just ignore it like there is some magic going on.

alephnan 5y ago

Google Doodle is an organization that controls the eyeballs of billions but succumbs to all sorts of biases, including being Western centric. Pertaining to OP's question of tech pushing people into STEM, Doodle perpetuates the narrative that woman in lab coats are more commendable. The tangent I made about the Tokyo Olympic Doodle is that the Doodle team is culturally oblivious. Based on your other comment responding to OP, you've already assumed that STEM is the only tool to interpret the world and I responded that the liberal arts can also interpret the world.

zozbot234 5y ago

He's apparently surprised that tea culture is classist and elitist. I suppose he has never been to the UK?

alephnan 5y ago
> I suppose he has never been to the UK? I was never surprised, I am just giving context about Japanese tea culture. I have a condo in central London, thanks. I've had over a hundred Michelin star restaurants in the UK, I am very well of elitism. Have you never attended Central Saint Martins? Don't be a snob. Google Doodle promoted an obscure female scientist because she discovered the health benefits of green tea. I argued Japanese people care about the culture, not the health benefits. If this is not for Japanese people, who is the Doodle for? Westerners? This is the first point about the Western bias. Beyond this, was it intended to educate the Western audience about the health benefits of green tea?