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Wonderful read! Entertainingly, the author uses "condescending about ice balls" as a symbol of all things she hates about the testosterone-driven world. In the
by srl 12y ago
Wonderful read!
Entertainingly, the author uses "condescending about ice balls" as a symbol of all things she hates about the testosterone-driven world. In the comments here: people arguing about ice-ball physics. Metaphor complete!
- jjoonathan 12y agoWouldn't it be ironic if the people arguing about ice-ball physics were doing so simply because they enjoyed the mildly entertaining physics problem, while the people attributing the ice-ball arguments to a need for condescension were only doing so because they themselves needed a mechanism to condescend towards the people arguing about ice-ball physics?
- kazagistar 12y agoWouldn't it be even more ironic of both groups of people discussed ice balls because they mildly enjoyed the physics problem, and the perception of condensation was one entirely fabricated in the mind of some more sensitive observers?
- raldi 12y agoHow do you distinguish condescending/arguing from discussing/learning?
- MrBuddyCasino 12y agoThat the ice ball thread is the longest on this submission is kind of funny, but its HN so thats fine. At least its not the highest voted one, so theres still hope.
- facepalm 12y agoHope for what?
- MrBuddyCasino 12y agoI guess I shouldn't have posted that, I was just a bit disappointed that discussing the details of ice ball physics was the most active thread, completely missing or ignoring the point of this text, and validating the stereotype. Guess I was hoping that for once, the technical stuff wouldn't dominate, that occasionally there is a place for more intimate and emotional writing, something more... human. But this is HN, so its ok and I should shut up, and instead be the change I want to see in the world and all. Sorry for the pointless rant.
- facepalm 12y agoOr you could try to explain what you mean? What was the point of the text in your opinion, and what is the stereotype being validated by discussing ice balls?
- facepalm 12y agoIn what sense is discussing ice-ball physics condescending? I would consider it amusing. I don't think people are "educating" others about ice ball physics to show their superior physics knowledge. Also, ironically, the whole article was very condescending - he/she is condescending about other people being condescending.