Things I’ve Stopped Saying

https://medium.com/@beaugunderson/things-i-ve-stopped-saying-fa7dea0bf317

by sinak • 11 years ago

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lsiunsuex• 11 years ago

I've stopped using the word pop in favor of soda. Soda sounds more professional.

degenerate• 11 years ago

soda goes the weasel

Jemaclus• 11 years ago

I've stopped saying "It works for me," because if it worked for you, you wouldn't be complaining about it. It therefore behooves me to accept your statement at face value and see if we can determine why it is not working for you -- whether said failure is my fault or not. Maybe it's user error, maybe it's a bug. Either way, I should identify the cause of the problem.

duffdevice• 11 years ago

This is a good step in the right direction, but this piece is still incredibly insensitive. Using words at all is literacy privilege. The author really needs to start thinking about people who either can't speak, or have lost the ability to speak. Not to mention the fact that there are millions of infants and mentally disabled people on this planet who can't even read, let alone speak. Sorry if I have offended you with this harsh response, but I'm still feeling extremely triggered by the brash insensitivity on display in this post.

mundo• 11 years ago

I had never thought of this before, but now that my eyes have been opened and I have spent a good fifteen minutes absorbing my new reality, I shall go forth to lecture the great unwashed masses about what bigoted jerks they are.

beaugunderson• 11 years ago

do you mind articulating what you think is actually wrong with the post?

Things I’ve Stopped Saying

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