SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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???

No. Just no.
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
that was a joke dude
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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Some people seriously believe that though
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
some people believe white privilege too

i mean, yeah, to a degree I'd say it exists, but it's not the be-all end-all factor in success. look at me, a white high school drop out.
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uziq
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lol white privileged doesn’t mean you are automatically a success. especially no hopers like yourself who like to read jordan peterson and feel so hard done by. it means you can glide through this world and rise, should you apply yourself, easier than others who perhaps put in more effort or had more talent.
SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
How did you drop out of high school?
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
not the way I've seen it used in some cases. a lotta "sjw-types" for lack of a better label will just ignore anything that comes out of your mouth that's critical of anything because you're white and therefore get the world handed to you on a silver platter, which is exactly as you've described, not the case. you still need to put in effort and apply yourself like anyone else.

how did I drop out? by saying "I wanna quit school" and handing back all my books. why? lack of direction, confidence in myself and motivation to do anything about it.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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And your parents allowed you to drop out? Mine would have kicked me out of the house.
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KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
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I'm gonna bet the sum of Finny's interaction with "sjw'types" is some stupid tumblr subreddit.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
they weren't chuffed, but they eventually gave up on me. they're pretty old fashioned, conservative, with a complete lack of understanding of basic psychology leading to a denial that having a traumatic upbringing potentially had something to do with my underachievement. i'm well above-average intelligence wise, but had a lot of repression, a lack of social skills, coping mechanisms and desire to apply myself. I still remember vividly at about 16 saying point blank to my dad's face that maybe I should see a therapist, only for him to reply "nah you're fine! you don't need that!" well here I am 10 years later having had a couple of bouts of anti-depressants and am now seeking a therapist. can't help but wonder how differently things could have gone if I'd been able to make that appointment.
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:

I'm gonna bet the sum of Finny's interaction with "sjw'types" is some stupid tumblr subreddit.
even if that was correct, as much as you like to dismiss it, reddit is a huge cultural influence now.

also I'm a lurker, I don't tend to interact very much.
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uziq
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it’s a huge cultural influence on nerdy millennials, not culture at large. you do not have a great perspective. the things that matter to reddit do not matter to most intelligent and culturally engaged people. it’s s giant echo-chamber.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
it's not just nerdy millennials, it's a mainstream millennial site now. there's been a noticeable shift from the incel bedroom keyboard jockeys of days gone by, now everyone and a lot of their mums know about the site. also i reject that it's just intelligent and culturally engaged people that sway social practices, it's everyone, and the people pushing the envelope are the up and coming generation, ie millennials. you can also see the effects widespread, in new media on youtube, all the "did you just assume my gender?", "that's just white privilege" jokes, and it's even making its way into traditional media. so yes, the social culture shifts that manifest on the internet can effect mainstream social interacting.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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Reddit is semi mainstream but the mods and admins are still deep into nerd culture. You have to have some technical skills just to set up a sub properly.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
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When you dropped out of high school, what were your immediate plans?
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uziq
Member
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Finray wrote:

it's not just nerdy millennials, it's a mainstream millennial site now. there's been a noticeable shift from the incel bedroom keyboard jockeys of days gone by, now everyone and a lot of their mums know about the site. also i reject that it's just intelligent and culturally engaged people that sway social practices, it's everyone, and the people pushing the envelope are the up and coming generation, ie millennials. you can also see the effects widespread, in new media on youtube, all the "did you just assume my gender?", "that's just white privilege" jokes, and it's even making its way into traditional media. so yes, the social culture shifts that manifest on the internet can effect mainstream social interacting.
i didn’t say they didn’t have an influence. they obviously do. the rest of the mainstream world listens. primarily because they want to figure out the demographic and then appeal to their prejudices and sell them more shit. but if you are a man in your 30s and still get riled over things that become firestorms on reddit, you have failed at becoming a well-adjusted adult.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
you don't need to be a mod or have your own subreddit to be influenced like that, this type of language is prevalent in the default subreddits.

I sat on the dole and played wow for like a year. then I got a job behind the counter at a "gas station", then after I got fired from there for not understanding corporate culture, I got a job working in a computer repair shop that was way too great an opportunity for me so obviously I fucked that up too. at this time I had moved in with a girl I didn't like, so I broke up with her and started tending bar and working on myself. i didn't have any concrete plans up until this point, i was mostly coasting.
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
What kind of corporate culture does a gas station have?
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
was part of a Sainsburys, a large supermarket
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
I am just trying to figure out what gas station culture taboo you broke.
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
i basically had a "mom and pop" attitude to work when i should have had a "massive multi-venue corporation" attitude
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SuperJail Warden
Gone Forever
+634|3690
Still too vague. Did you misidentify a tranny or something?
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Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5758|Catherine Black
nah i never had a grasp on the type of customer service they wanted, was too friendly and personal rather than a face of the company, goofed off, ate on shift at the tills, turned up late a couple times. i half-assed my way through school and tried to apply the same ethic to an actual job, so no wonder they shitcanned me.
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uziq
Member
+492|3422
supermarkets are soulless but they don’t exaxtly expect you to behave like you work for PWC. lmao. you basically were a gas attendant at walmart.
DesertFox-
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SuperJail Warden wrote:

Reddit is semi mainstream but the mods and admins are still deep into nerd culture. You have to have some technical skills just to set up a sub properly.
How is your Asa Akira sub going, btw?

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