orangeboats comments on me irl

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Society in general encourages and rewards those who speak more, even if the things they speak have zero contribution or are absolute nonsense.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Sounds like a company meeting

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 6 points 2 years ago

Or corporate performance evaluation

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Society in general encourages and rewards those who speak more

Squeaky Wheel, etc.

But only if you're older, whiter, taller, and maler.

Society (at least, my corner of the American Southwest) hates hearing a short young brown woman open her mouth.

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[–] spiderwort@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Sounds like the Internet

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