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The audience of mostly-male, mostly-white, mostly-young, mostly-affluent, readers? Those with a plausible interest in historical details, for example how men a
by 9dev 3y ago
The audience of mostly-male, mostly-white, mostly-young, mostly-affluent, readers? Those with a plausible interest in historical details, for example how men almost a hundred years ago felt the exact same about women as they do now?
Also, it’s really a neat little story. Believe it or not, there are people here appreciating that too.
- bluishgreen 3y agoI doubt it’s mostly white. The other filters might hold. But that I suspect might not.
- all2 3y agoGP did say white. I'll acknowledge it. Tbh, I don't think "white" matters in this context. Young, male, (msotly) single, affluent, all have a similar outlook, especially if their pride and drive are intact.
- 9dev 3y agoAre you sure? Strolling around on fifth ave, shopping, and day drinking -- in short, procrastination by privilege -- sure sounds like an experience young, affluent, white Americans can relate with in particular. > Young, male, (msotly) single, affluent, all have a similar outlook, especially if their pride and drive are intact. I'd like to see you say that straight in the face of a young African-American man.
- tester756 3y ago>The audience of mostly-male, mostly-white, mostly-young, mostly-affluent, readers? Why whiteness is even relevant here?
- Sabinus 3y agoThe characters in the story are white, set in a pretty white society by a white author. It's a piece of white culture. Nothing wrong with that, it just is.
- reducesuffering 3y agoI'll take objection with mostly-young. HN poll seemed to average around ~37, and that was a year ago. Given the median US age is 38, and median global age being ~30, I don't find categorizing HN as "mostly-young" accurate at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33480849 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33480849
- bookofjoe 3y agoI'll be 76 in June
- reducesuffering 3y agoCongrats! Alas but just one anecdote in the sea of HN demographics.