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"You could just have a party where you all played pin the tail on the donkey or musical chairs or something. But that is just not done in this part of D.C. If y
by jacoblyles 18y ago
"You could just have a party where you all played pin the tail on the donkey or musical chairs or something. But that is just not done in this part of D.C. If you did that, you would be talked about."
That's a microcosm of what I didn't like about DC. The culture is very status oriented and judgmental.
- chops 18y agoThat comment totally struck me while reading the article. I thought, "Wow, what an awful and fake little world that must be." God forbid you be "talked about!"
- shard 18y agoI think that humans in general are very status oriented and judgmental. Hacker culture is the same, we just focus on a different set of status indicators and pass judgment on a different set of criteria. Other cultures' values and judgments look unpleasant and silly to us, just as ours look unpleasant and silly to them.
- jacoblyles 18y agoYou have a point. Maybe I just didn't like the city because it didn't share my values.