But. At the same time, if you need to pull up a Wikipedia article for people to not think you are a piece of shit, does it matter?
It is the Pepe the frog situation (that actually was a lot more complicated but). Some people used it because they wanted to take the meme back. Most used it to represent hate and bigotry. I know what I assumed when I saw it posted
And if someone is listening to an anti robot anthem on the hover train, people will assume they are an asshole.
This is no different than any other media. Multiple shows have made the joke that 80s comedy films were basically nothing but rape. And that is why you have the really awkward conversations when you recommend one.
Cool. Go cosplay as a conehead dressed like a ghost and see how that ends.
Like it or not but we live in a society (!) And people don’t have time to check if every single person who walks like a duck and talks like a duck is actually a recent convert to Buddhism who is also a leather daddy on weeknights.
Hence, everyone needs to decide what their public image will be.
But. At the same time, if you need to pull up a Wikipedia article for people to not think you are a piece of shit, does it matter?
It is the Pepe the frog situation (that actually was a lot more complicated but). Some people used it because they wanted to take the meme back. Most used it to represent hate and bigotry. I know what I assumed when I saw it posted
Speaking only for myself, I generally try to contextualize before I write someone off as a “piece of shit”
I imagine you could take any popular song from today and find fault in 50 years as cultural norms change.
And if someone is listening to an anti robot anthem on the hover train, people will assume they are an asshole.
This is no different than any other media. Multiple shows have made the joke that 80s comedy films were basically nothing but rape. And that is why you have the really awkward conversations when you recommend one.
The subject of this sentence indicates where the problem lies.
Cool. Go cosplay as a conehead dressed like a ghost and see how that ends.
Like it or not but we live in a society (!) And people don’t have time to check if every single person who walks like a duck and talks like a duck is actually a recent convert to Buddhism who is also a leather daddy on weeknights.
Hence, everyone needs to decide what their public image will be.