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JAMA Surgery - new band name, called it.
After a few days of ruminating, though, I tried to forgive myself and be honest about my intentions. Though I had made something that was not inclusive, I hadn’t intended to do so. I was just trying to explore the themes I was interested in, and had failed to be aware of my own biases.
The fact that you took the note, recognized the problem, and are taking steps to address it and prevent future misunderstandings is really all that matters here. It also demonstrates some rare creative humility.
I admit now I'm really curious about the implications and marginalization you referenced. And the fact that they were genuinely unintentional makes them more interesting. Based on your response it's clear you're thoughtful and introspective- so I'm really wondering about the scale of this 'transgression'. My instinct is that it was pretty trivial and I might think the creator was being a bit heavy-handed, but I have no basis for that assumption other than your reasonable response.
I'll show you my backspace style!
Seriously- how is this not a selling point?
That the issue got miscommunicated to the consumers as somehow being an issue for them
That's literally what 'blown out of proportion' means. If I 'miscommunicated' to non IT staff that left-pad 'broke the internet', that would have been 'blown out of proportion'. That's what that phrase means.
Demonstrating that 'seeing the appeal' of something doesn't cancel out your condescending judgement.
The fact that I don't accept your explanation as a valid reason to judge other people's media enjoyment doesn't mean I wasn't interested, that's why I asked.
But also I don't think you really read my post because I said explicitly I "lost interest in character development arcs and relationships and just want to know about the cool high-concept sci-fi ideas and storylines." Your 'explanation' basically just says that's not okay, so it's not even an 'explanation', just a judgement.
You know my favorite part of the Dune books was the glossary. I've always most enjoyed what I describe as 'non-narrative' sci-fi. I've read libraries of sci-fi and I found what I really like about it is the big technological and philosophical ideas. The conceptual meat-and-potatoes without all the relationships and personalities.
I get to enjoy sci-fi literature however I want and tbh it 'irks' me a bit to encounter literary snobbery over my choice in how to enjoy sci-fi. If you do that to a younger person it may turn them off to the genre just because they might not enjoy the same aspects as you do. So for their sake I'd advise keeping what 'irks' you about how other people enjoy sci-fi to yourself in the future.
Why does that 'irk' you?
YES! I love that site. Haven't been there in a while- I thought Keter was the worst but Apollyon and Archon are new to me. SCP-096 Shy Guy still freaks me out.
Thanks for the heads-up on bookwyrm- just created an account.
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jelyfride
joined 1 year ago
I drive a Unimog to prove my penis is small but prehensile.