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[–] [email protected] 84 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like a company meeting

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or corporate performance evaluation

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the Internet