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For whatever it's worth (perhaps not much?), I was actually asked about this three-decade-old post (!) recently on the Peterman Pod[0], which allowed for a slig
by bcantrill 6mo ago
For whatever it's worth (perhaps not much?), I was actually asked about this three-decade-old post (!) recently on the Peterman Pod[0], which allowed for a slightly more nuanced discussion.
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhSL-5GtmQM&t=3757s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhSL-5GtmQM&t=3757s
- gravypod 6mo agoI really can't think of a better way to respond to this situation. It is clear to me that over the next decade the amount of people who will have been hot-headed kids on the internet who grow up to fully-fledged adults who have said they no longer agree with things in ways that are not kind is going to be a lot higher. I've no doubt said things that I no longer agreed with that made sense in the context of when they were posted. Thank you for being a good role model and setting the example that saying "that was bad, here is the context, but I don't like that I said that."
- smarks 6mo agoOh! This is a great explanation, thanks. I remember your original exchange (and I found it baffling and uncharacteristic), and I remember the William Shatner SNL Trek convention sketch, but I never made the connection between them.
- oblio 6mo agoYeah, I know, I think you were 25 or something back then :-)
- bcantrill 6mo agoI was 22! (I was only slightly older than my oldest kid is now!) So... yeah. May your mistakes at 22 not follow you around at age 52!