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Or one could also choose to not deliberately misinterpret words and thus not get annoyed about it. Like if you’re a software engineer and someone refers to you
by imgabe 5y ago
Or one could also choose to not deliberately misinterpret words and thus not get annoyed about it.
Like if you’re a software engineer and someone refers to you as an engineer, you don’t get all annoyed and pedantically explain that you’re not someone who drives trains, because you know that’s not the sense in which the person meant the word.
- generj 5y agoHave you met software engineers? I imagine there are plenty who very pedantically explain the difference. In my experience, it’s hard not to take offense when the word being used is frequently used by people who are intending offense. Our brains are hardwired to perceive attacks, and if I’ve been attacked by people using similar wording before lower-level functions are assuming anyone using that wording is attacking me. The example used in this thread, Eskimo, is probably harmless from people who don’t interact much with Inuit people. But to an Inuit person, the people who live near them using the word Eskimo are probably being insulting. Sure they might judge that e.g. a Belgian internet commentator didn’t mean offense, but their brain is jumping to that conclusion and then being talked off that ledge.
- atoav 5y agoHow often does this happen to you in any given week?