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I totally agree with what you're saying about minority group entrants into industries dominated by another group - and I've seen this myself, they are generally

I totally agree with what you're saying about minority group entrants into industries dominated by another group - and I've seen this myself, they are generally quite talented and driven. However I think this comes at the cost of being scrutinised to a MUCH higher degree than everyone else (lets not argue chicken and egg here). A friend of mine put it perfectly - "when you're amongst the dominant group, you can get away with being mediocre" (i.e. the 98% you're referring to). Meaning that when you're the minority group - your every move will probably be scrutinised/analysed/categorised more closely. That said - I'm not sure if the personal attacks ("fucking idiot") are completely warranted here (though I suspect you wrote that in the heat of the moment). We all go through learning experiences, some of our learnings just happen to be on a much larger scale than others (and for Adam this was unfortunate). I know I've certainly offended people without meaning to ("it wouldn't have offended my friend Joe - and he's Asian too!"), but now I've learnt the fine art of holding my tongue with regard to such jokes amongst crowds that I don't know too well... sure, I guess I was an "idiot" too in that moment, but no more or less of an idiot than Adam here - despite the difference in scale.

electromagnetic 15y ago
Adam would have just been an idiot had he made a mistake. He's a fucking idiot because he self-admittedly remade the mistake. IE he had the learning opportunity he said he had to change the slides name, but did so repeating the same insult. You had a learning opportunity, and you self-admittedly learnt. You didn't then go in front of a hundred-fold bigger crowd and repeat the same mistake. Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. I've been an idiot, many many times. I don't repeat mistakes on a much grander scale expecting a better result. I don't try putting out a candle with my fingers and burn myself and then try to snuff out my gas stove with my hand. There's a logical progression that if a small scale attempt fails, just abandon it. What I'm wondering is whats wrong with this guys brain that he got burned in his small scale and then thought "I know, this will surely go down great in a convention hall!"

electromagnetic 15y ago

Adam would have just been an idiot had he made a mistake. He's a fucking idiot because he self-admittedly remade the mistake. IE he had the learning opportunity he said he had to change the slides name, but did so repeating the same insult. You had a learning opportunity, and you self-admittedly learnt. You didn't then go in front of a hundred-fold bigger crowd and repeat the same mistake. Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. I've been an idiot, many many times. I don't repeat mistakes on a much grander scale expecting a better result. I don't try putting out a candle with my fingers and burn myself and then try to snuff out my gas stove with my hand. There's a logical progression that if a small scale attempt fails, just abandon it. What I'm wondering is whats wrong with this guys brain that he got burned in his small scale and then thought "I know, this will surely go down great in a convention hall!"