Before I ask: I'm not in any way defensive of the author, his views or his origins (of which I know nothing about). I don't mean to judge your feelings towards anything or anyone or fight you over them. I am genuinely curious of your response to the following question because I'd like to understand how people think. How did you come up with such a dismissive attitude towards the author's point of view? What made you think that way? Why do you think the author deserves such an attitude (and do you)?
Read my comment up above in this thread. When I see garbage like this, I try to figure out the mind of the person who wrote it. less than 5 minutes of the google and I had his whole life history. Wealth parents, went to a very exclusive college, lives in east Hipsterstan, looks like every other jackhole writing a blog and 'trying to change the world' that sort of thing. Good question. I'm sort of a dick to people who breathe and then write an article on "HEY EVERYONE! this oxygen stuff is cool you should try it!" garbage. As I called it, this is a "No Shit, Sherlock" article. And every one of them is written by the stereotype the author presents.
So you've done the research and haven't just come up with that off the top of your head. Thanks for the insight. Shit, this is so many new thought patterns to comprehend from your comment! We've clearly been raised very differently, and where I find myself thinking about the subject as if it's a legitimate matter unless it's really badly written, you dismiss it if it doesn't fit your criterion of insightful (and well-worded?) writing. I'd like to understand what's going on through your head when you react to this sort of an article or a post, and if you have any more insight, I'd greatly appreciate it.
No, and I hope I do not come off that way. I'm dismissive in that there is a whole class of blogger types out there that have lived incredibly sheltered lives of privilege that then go on and tell me that they had this wonderful insight into life that people like me used to call "common sense." And there is an envious part of me that is upset that these people are getting paid to be elitist condescending jackholes. Think if you saw an article written by someone whose parents paid their way through life, coasted through college, then wrote an article saying that everything you are doing they did better. Wouldn't it come off as dismissive of your life experience? Articles like these are everywhere, sadly. I find them insulting to people who have to live out in the, for lack of a better term, "Real World."Shit, this is so many new thought patterns to comprehend from your comment! We've clearly been raised very differently, and where I find myself thinking about the subject as if it's a legitimate matter unless it's really badly written, you dismiss it if it doesn't fit your criterion of insightful (and well-worded?) writing.
Thank you for saying this. I can see now why I can't see the way you think: it's because I was one of those sheltered children. This was important for me to recognize. In a weird way, it's inspiring: as if I was given permission to do something about my life, to make it better. Any advice on what to do to step into the "real world"?there is a whole class of blogger types out there that have lived incredibly sheltered lives of privilege that then go on and tell me that they had this wonderful insight into life that people like me used to call "common sense."
Don't be a dick. This includes not being an ass to the guy you look at in the mirror. Everyone is fighting the same battle in their head that you are. Don't make their war any harder than it is. Leave the place better than you found it. AKA all the liberal hippie stuff in every religion ever.Any advice on what to do to step into the "real world"?