RyanParsley
millennial fulcrumused to get think-shamed by my peers as a kid, but I stayed thinky anyway. got a little bit into think culture, it's a wholesome community.
Adriano@adriano lmao are we thoughtpilled up in here
dillyd@falcennial think-shamed - that's a good way to call it
Yappari@dillyd @falcennial This is really good framing. It is nice to find a community of relatively proud geeks here
babydisambiguator@falcennial i was nothing BUT think-shamed
having to confess, in defiant honesty, that yes, sometimes i DID read the dictionary… being caught on the beach reading crime and punishment… it was a hard world for a young thinker
@babyalligator the thing that blows my mind about it is that whether somebody feels threatened by intelligence or does not feel threatened by intelligence, they are correct.
@babyalligator like how tf the dumbest party in the scenario literally not be able to take a wrong position, unfair
@falcennial at which point i hear my father’s voice intoning (bc he was very into reminding me of this) “LIFE isn’t fair, sweetie”
that’s one of those things i’ve chosen not to say over and over to my kids. not bc it isn’t true, but because it’s just plain demoralizing! & who needs that
@babyalligator well I'd dispute his claim, (but I am somebody who believes in agency). in my experience, life is as fair as we choose to make it, within the limits of our considerable influence. as a species we can do things like take down mountains when we are willing to work together; it is certainly within our power to be fair on ourselves and to others. in fact it's effortless with a bit of practice. maybe the ol feller just need some more practice to get past that responsibility shirk.
@falcennial i like your perspective, i’m certainly more of that mindset
he was a child of the 2nd world war & tho later on the american story about it became quite triumphalist (“we won! we’re number one!”) i think his experience — born into the depression, then watching the adults respond to war — was of scarcity and fear and the immensity of evil. (he was also a man with untreated mental illness all his life) so he behaved like an optimist, but thought despairingly
Shaula Evans@falcennial Oh goodness yes, this.
And I love the community, too.