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> But something about the name of this award rubbed me the wrong way I totally get this. Sure, it may be a compliment in many ways, but the fact that other pe
by TOGoS 5y ago
> But something about the name of this award rubbed me the wrong way
I totally get this. Sure, it may be a compliment in many ways, but the fact that other people decided to give you a "weirdest brain award" also gives the sense that "you ain't part of our normal people club".
Maybe it comes down to there being something inherently insulting about being told who you are by someone who can never fully understand you. I suspect it's similar to how any minority feels when the majority culture tries to tell them how things are without having experienced it themselves.
- majormajor 5y agoI think you can't just erase cultural conditioning to value certain things by recognizing differences, especially if otherwise the culture or organization doesn't demonstrate that it values those differences. You have to actually value it, not just say crap or make empty gestures. People can tell. For instance, "most improved" or "participation" trophies: Boomers gave these to their kids, then later wrote articles about how entitled, etc, millennials had turned out to be as a result, but the truth is that we all knew those were the consolation prizes for those of us who sucked.