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As someone whose initials are Z and W, I tend to notice alpha sort a lot. Asking a friend whose initials are A and B about this, it's not something they ever n
by zdw 3y ago
As someone whose initials are Z and W, I tend to notice alpha sort a lot. Asking a friend whose initials are A and B about this, it's not something they ever noticed.
I haven't noticed a grading/ranking difference, but far more frequently I'll hear that "oh, we ran out of item/time/etc. before we got to you", which has made me much more sensitive to issues of planning/organization.
- StevenXC 3y agoLike most inequities, those who are in the benefiting group frequently don't realize that privilege.
- dustingetz 3y agoI for one am glad that I was not born a mosquito, the odds are not in our favor!
- sdwr 3y agoThey realize (bring form to, make real) them, but don't realize (understand) them
- wryoak 3y agoI hate how much I love this worthlessly picky comment
- sdwr 3y agoLove me or hate me, you gotta love me! http://sdwr.ca/link/26 http://sdwr.ca/link/26
- godelski 3y agoThis reminds me of cliques. I give them the definition: insight everyone can recite but nobody can act upon.
- DangitBobby 3y agoI think you mean clichés.
- godelski 3y agoI do. Gotta live swipe and homophones
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoOutside of school I can’t think of even a single instance of alphabetical sorting of my name (I have a middle letter). What situations are you in that this comes up a lot?
- IshKebab 3y agoYeah I don't think it really happens outside school, but school is pretty formative and it happens all the time in school.
- wryoak 3y agoIt happens in your phone contacts when you’re deciding who to talk to. You’re starting with your Abrahams, Billys and Changs, probably rarely reaching out to your Xaviers, Yusufs and Zeldas about going out tonight because you’ve already assembled a crew by the time you reach the Mimis, Natashas and Ottos.
- IshKebab 3y agoI don't think many people use their phone contact list like that.
- godelski 3y agoI wouldn't be surprised. It's very natural. Probably not for that specific use case but if for some reason you are actually going through the list then it's natural
- smeej 3y agoPlus, it's common for me to meet someone on a first-name basis and not find out their last name right away. And people's last names change more often than their first names. Phone sorting by first name is the way to go.
- thaumasiotes 3y ago
- washadjeffmad 3y agoSimilar initials, frequently last in line, and same. I wonder if this was the kiln of my patience and acceptance, or if people who road rage and get frustrated with waits are more likely to have earlier lettered names?
- ambrose2 3y agoI really cannot stand sitting in a car in traffic and my last name starts with an A, interesting!
- andoma 3y agoThis reminds me of a funny event when in fourth of fifth grate. When the class was supposed to stand in line we always had to sort based on last name. My last name started with Ö (Last letter in alphabet in the Nordics) so I always ended up last. Then one time, the teacher said something like "Let's reverse the order today, but wait, we also sort on the first name". My first name starts with an A so I ended up last in line anyway, much to the joy of everyone :)
- itronitron 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Williams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Williams
- CamelCaseName 3y agoDo you have something to say about this? I'm confused, why did I read this wikipedia page?
- winwang 3y ago(just doing roll call here with initals WW)
- arp242 3y agoWhen I was a kid marbles were the big thing, and if you were playing with them in class the teacher would put it in a big glass jar. When it was full he would call out the kids and each would get a handful. I was last in the alphabet; this was already an issue with books we had to read; you could choose which book to read, but it was always in alphabetical order. When it was my turn there were just a few left, and certainly all the popular high-demand ones were gone. Anyway, when it finally was my turn to get my marbles he was all out. When I asked "where's my marbles?" he just shrugged and said "all out". I must've been about 7. Lots of crying ensued and I think I got some marbles from other kids, but it wasn't about the marbles – not really. I still don't understand how anyone can expect any different result...
- underlipton 3y agoThis seems like a good example (free of cultural baggage) of how people with privilege often don't notice that they're receiving that privilege. What seemed normal and fair to your friend turned out to be an advantage that they didn't even consider.
- RheingoldRiver 3y ago> Asking a friend whose initials are A and B about this, it's not something they ever noticed. Kinda surprised, my last name starts with C and I was hyper-aware of this and how random it was probably all the way from kindergarten. Being a child and therefore an asshole, I was grateful for my advantage rather than thinking the system was unjust.