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  • mzesumzira@leminal.spacetoCurated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksLiving my dream
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    3 months ago

    I agree that what she does is manipulative and condescending even with the best intentions (paving the road to hell and all that), but I have issues with the use of “emotional intelligence” here.

    An emotional intelligent person does NOT do this kind of shit on purpose.
    They meet the other person where they’re at and on the same level, they communicate honestly, they don’t presume to educate or manage them.

    I’d say she comes off more as emotionally stunted, she has no idea know how to relate with her partner as an equal.


  • I grew up in a fairly conservative household. I used to read the rags my parents considered newspapers, people in my social circles and schools were mostly middle to upper class, and I idolized my father.

    It took me a long while to realize I was seeing through distorted glasses, even after I started mingling with different viewpoints.
    There always was a gut feeling that something didn’t add up, cognitive dissonance maybe.

    I sometimes wonder what kind of person I’d be had I not been high on the neurodivergent spectrum and pushed on the outside.

    Privilege and social echo chambers make for pretty efficient blindfolds.


















  • It takes 10 minutes for you. I know people who struggle to understand that the browser isn’t google isn’t the internet, try having them install a new OS. They don’t follow the guides, because they don’t even understand what they should look for.
    Some understand enough but like the convenience, and again that’s fair.

    Bedsides, gaming distros aren’t the mess you say they are, nor are they so much more niche than any other major distro.
    Usually they just work, when they don’t you look for fixes in the underlying distro community.

    You are gatekeeping, and you are condescendingly deciding the best path for everyone else. I get that you honestly think it would be better, still people are different, what’s best for you doesn’t need to be the best for everyone else.


  • They don’t make gaming better, they make it easier for people who want to switch to have a functioning system, and there’s no price tag at all. Some will learn from there, some will just keep taking the easy way and that’s fine too.

    It’s gatekeeping because without them only people willing and able to get technical get access to Linux. Would it be better if everybody learned? Of course. It’s not going to happen though, let others have a way in.