What our snowflake society has come to

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[–]Tiwaking 7 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

I think this comment from the comment section sums up my opinion about this:

Nick Douglas 11/26/19 10:06am and people wonder why we introverts hate everyone. you all keep inventing these stupid rules and making interacting with anyone a complete chore. if somebody thinks im rude or dismissive by typing “ok” to their text and gets offended, they deserve it and they did it to themselves. as far as im concerned they are doing my job of weeding themselves out of my contacts list for me.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I agree, but perhaps no one actually really cares, and the media is just convincing us we need to alienate ourselves from each other, when in fact we don't. They're just driving wedges, it's part of the strategy of divide and conquer. If there are a million wedges and you believe all of them, then every man becomes an island and we are easy to conquer in our disunity.

[–]astronautrob[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Perhaps no one cares but I think some people do. I have a lot of friends who text & talk in this way, and don't see a problem with it, so I don't know if it's about people caring or not caring more so than narratives that can prevail in society if it they are perpetuated enough. I agree it is a distraction & meant to divide us or drive wedges in society (which is the overall job of the media in general) but I don't agree that no one cares. I think people think a lot about how they communicate vua text or online, &I think that is coloring both or in person interactions &our online ones. Thats the main problem I see in the whole thing. I could care less whether someone puts yes no pk with zero or 100 exclamation points. But when the narrative is that people need to speak a certain way, loke example given about the doctors office, then it starts to get to me a little bit. It puts too much on the interpretation instead of the intention. It makes it so however the receiver interpreters what the person says is more important that ehat the intention was, which makes everyone responsible for everyone elses feelings. Thats my maon problem in a nut shell, not that I think it's important or people should care but just be aware. If some people in society start adopting this or see this as correct &some don't we won't be able to speak to eachother properly.

[–]astronautrob[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This.

[–]astronautrob[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

This is what our snowflake society has come to, worrying about texting ok or whether or not you put exclamation points after something. They want us all to be these happy people on the surface while everyone is slowly dying inside because our moral fiber is so fucked.

[–]magnora7 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Our media is distracting us with minutia so we don't spend time noticing the big problems

[–]astronautrob[S] 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I agree. It reminds me of the whole transgender bathroom thing 5-6 years ago.

[–]mikipika 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

OK Got it. Silly rules from thin skins can shove it up their ass. Okay?!

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

That author can kiss my ass, m'kay?

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More and more I realize this fear about "society" is actually isolated to the rare 1% of people who actually act and think like this, and speak loudly about it and so get a lot of media coverage. The other 99% are just minding their business like usual. But it sure doesn't look that way if you watch the media all day.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Snowflake? How about Snowflame, the cocaine powered superhero from the 1970s.

Let's just legalize all the drugs and return to the golden age of the early 1970s before the political correctness thing kicked in "high" gear.

Then we can do this global warming thing right and melt all the snowflakes.

[–]Otacon 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

In person, when you want to say something politely, you say it less efficiently. You “make an extra effort,” says linguist Gretchen McCulloch in her book Because Internet, “using hedges, honorifics, or simply more words: ‘Doctor, could I possibly trouble you to open the window?’ versus ‘Open the window!’” Online, you do the same, with different tactics.

This makes sense and seems to line up with how I've observed people speaking, and I'd imagine that it lines up with the past hundred or so years of speaking patterns. Why exactly are you so worked up over the article?

[–]astronautrob[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

People who speak like that sound silly & to try & normalize it is also silly. No one needs to speka like that or worry about putting exclamation points after everything to make someone else feel ok. It's snowflake stuff & this article attempts to normalize this way of interacting which to me is an issue. Above all I think it's a waste of time & energy.

[–]mikipika 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I see how differently people are acting these days. If you watch the "news" or msm (MainStream Media) then perhaps you notice that they act like a bunch of whiny brats. I am tickled that you noticed I am so worked up over the article. I was! My reason was not so much the article itself, it has to do with people being directed in WHAT to think or HOW to act.

[–]FormosaOolong 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

k

[–]read_a_book 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

ok gotta luv teh snowflake.