1) things people just explain 2) things that make people mad and haughty when asked to explain, e.g. “read a 1st year textbook”
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being asked to explain (2) is like having to tell someone the rules of the game, breaking the flow
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it makes people REALLY mad when it’s about their main imaginary game that they use to define their self-worth
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When people get mad and say “jeez it’s so basic read a first-year textbook” I suggest doing exactly that
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You can learn hilarious, amazing things that are not at all what the cranky person OR the textbook author hoped you would learn
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likewise I still say "it's not my job to educate you" is legit when it's simply the fact rather than a status move but my ethical rule is always convey assumption of good faith f try to add "but [pointers in more helpful directions]" if I do *have* to say it
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snobbery about having to teach 101s always was a pretty reliable indicator of anxious mediocrity in actual-academia too
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nitpick I feel like this analysis is just as good without ascribing a derogotary "imaginary" status, gamehood already implies constructedness, & imo there are many humanities courses
with real observations & distinctions to make & only mere spicings of socjust &c inculcation -
not indented as derogatory, everything important is imaginary basically
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