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valuing style over substance is folly.
by zxcvasd 9mo ago
valuing style over substance is folly.
- cjbgkagh 9mo agoIt is clearly a deliberate choice to send the signal of conforming to a particular type of non-conformance. It’s a costly signal because most people will see it as having the emotional maturity of a child, it signals to others that given their social status they can afford that self imposed handicap.
- zxcvasd 9mo agoyears and years and years of ptorrone's posts aren't capitalized, though. it's not like they suddenly decided today, for the purposes of this post, to change their writing style. in any case, i prefer to decide whether someone has the "emotional maturity of a child" based on what they say, not whether they push their shift key.
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- Brian_K_White 9mo agoIt's rarely the mature who talk about maturity.
- account42 9mo agoPerhaps but in this case the style does make it harder to read the substance.