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beardedetim··on War over Being Nice
These differences between culture A and B are something me and the Wife have been talking about for years. They are mostly in the B group and I in the A. I'm glad that others are seeing the distinction and starting conversations about it.

I found the language the author used to describe each interesting. The "masculine"/"feminine" dichotomy seems to cause those in group B to take offense, in my experience, due to the "cultural norm to think masculine is strong/good and feminine is weak/bad". I like the "bro"/"inclusive" dichotomy because the "bro culture" is now a short-hand for "toxic" so those in group B feel "superior" (_such a bad word but not enough coffee yet_) and are then able to have a discussion about the dichotomy itself.

Something the Wife and I have butted heads against and something I had wished the author would have spent more time on was the dolling out of "responsibility points" during a disagreement. I, in group A, think that as long as I'm not saying "I will hurt you", I can _say_ whatever the fuck I want and you just need to get over it. I think this is how _everyone_ feels, even those in group B, but group A is just open about it. The Wife, however, feels that I should be responsible for what I say that isn't a part of the "group thing" (_once again, an emotional word to get my point across but a tad too far, I know_).

Example: If I say "I dislike your shoes", the Wife has _every right_ to be upset. However, I should not be held accountable/be given "responsibility points" for that. It's on them for being hurt by me not liking their shoes.

Just because I said something that hurt someone's feelings doesn't mean I'm _responsible_ for their feelings. If that is the case, what is stopping _any_ of us saying "You not giving me everything I want hurts me"? If _emotions_ are the end-all, be-all of importance, isn't being emotional until you get your way the ultimate strategy?

I am rambling now. Great article, timely reading for myself. Hope to see more conversation about this and to learn how I can be a better ally to culture B without having to give me my own desires/ideologies in culture A.

beardedetim··on On Coding, Ego and Attention
Glad to see Jose writing again! Great post as always from them.
beardedetim··on For tech-weary Midwest farmers, 40-year-old tractors now a hot commodity
> doesn't make it less sad for people's who livelihoods depend on those positions

I totally agree. Id say, however, that we should be making it so those people, and we all, are okay without a job/with our jobs being automated away, not be Luddites about it.

beardedetim··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2020)
Location: TN, USA

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: No

Technologies: JS/TS/Node, HTML/CSS, Python, Clojure, Go, Nginx, AWS, CI/CD, GraphQL/REST/gRPC

Resume: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G2bL4Q6j4z8kbFXJYzquhvLg...

Email: timroberts@fastmail.org

Been a Frontend dev for ~15yrs, have moved to full stack for ~5yrs. Looking for fullstack or backend positions. Would love to be a player/coach or EM for the right org.

beardedetim··on Online hate speech could be contained like a computer virus, say researchers
Let them eat cake!
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