Well, yes. But advice implicitly includes a framework of "I know X, and I assume that you do not" which is a judgement, and I find it annoying and perplexing that people can follow me and know me an yet find it plausible that I speak on topic X without knowing basics of X. https://t.co/3uN5QzvH0z
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2/ so while the SURFACE level intent is "I want to help", the smuggled in framework is: * I will condescend to you and explain basic things, because * I am knowledgeable * you are ignorant * and further, your are ignorant of what you are ignorant of
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3/ In the framework of "Games People Play", there's an implicit attempt to crate a parent-child power dynamic. I prefer peer-to-peer. If I talk apples, feel free to ask me if I know of pears. Or even suggest "you've heard of pears, of course?". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_People_Play_(book) …pic.twitter.com/Uc6gGNMPUX
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4/ I freely admit that I am an outlier on this, and far more sensitive to implied lecturing / condescension / power dynamics than most. I am set off at a threshold that is much lower than that which annoys most people.
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Because it's a terrible trait to have. You deserve to be better.
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