new personal rule

[maevele]

never read the comments.

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[stoneself]

+1

[norabombay]

That is pretty much a universal truth of life.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

The thing got posted on Metafilter.com. Which is a really infuriating site sometimes because 95% of the people there think of themselves as being people with solid progressive values, BUT it's also heavily male and white and if you call people on their privilege they flip out.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

So my point, and I did have one, is that the banging-your-head-against-the-wall comments are coming from there.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Yes. And Sh&tt&rly posts there too.... guh.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

You are beginning to learn, young Padawan...