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fenchelmit
heard "be the elephant you want to see in the room" earlier and gosh if that hasn't stuck with me
Mar 16 at 12:20amWeb
Show threadfenchelmit1d ago
I'm guessing this has resonated with all of you too
Show threadmg. kit20h ago
@fen it's entering my lexicon immediately
Show threadEstel1d ago
@fen sage advice from Hannibal, as he crossed the alps
Show threadHeliograph1d ago
@fen ... invisibly tho i guessπŸ˜…
Show threadFish Id Wardrobe ⁂1d ago
@Heliograph @fen surely the whole point of the elephant in the room is that it's not invisible. everyone can see it: the point of the phrase is that no–one is _talking_ about it.
Show threadHeliograph1d ago
@fishidwardrobe very well put   @fen
Show threadOoze π“Ÿ1d ago
@fen My experience tells me to warn you you will be super unpopular.
Show threadeestileib (she/hers)1d ago

@Ooze @fen

Yeah you need a powerful patron to really get away with this.

Show threadOzzelot 1d ago
@fen okay, i'm gonna start reminding folks to address me
Show threadmillennial fulcrum1d ago
@fen πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€ŒπŸ’―
Show threadSkibidi Suurone1d ago

@fen But "they don't want me in the room, I'm the elephant" as Ren says.

I need to get myself some elephant shirts.

Show threadPaul Turnbull πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦1d ago

@fen In general I don’t want to be in a room with an elephant.

@inthehands

Show threadMarianne1d ago

@Chigaze @fen @inthehands I do, but I want people to acknowledge it's there

(I don't really, wild animals should be in the wild!)

Show threadPau Amma1d ago
@fen What does the whole sentence mean, something like "make others in the room acknowledge you in all your aspects, even those they'd rather ignore or sweep under the rug"?
Show threadCourt Cantrell does not comply1d ago
@fen I misread this and thought you wanted to be an eggplant
Show threadStrfnurfn23h ago
@courtcan @fen A good aubergine really ties the room together πŸ’œ
Show threadisol1h ago

@fen

If I wanted to see an elephant in the room, it would be a cute, uncoordinated baby elephant, cutely stumbling around and cutely and innocently destroying things.

I'm not sure how to map that to career-advancing behaviour πŸ€”