did the thing again; asked a man a question about his work! he answered, first to me, but then slowly, over the course of five minutes, started speaking only to the man sitting to his left. i left 2 minutes after i noticed. it's a good game! also horrifying!
-
-
Replying to @evahagberg @summerbrennan
Yep. I hate this game. ..but I find myself playing it all the time! Latest round, at a workshop. Smalltalk. Me, to male peer: So, what is your specialty? Him: gobbeldy gobbeldy gobbeldy Me: wow, that is interesting. Him: **crickets **
1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @UNGLambert @summerbrennan
this is pretty much EXACTLY what happened me: "so what do you work on?" him: "i'm a historian" him: <explains> me: <listens + thinks of what the German word for "architectural historian" is so i'll be ready when he asks what i do> ... ... ... me: <realizes i'll never be asked>
1 reply 0 retweets 22 likes -
Thank you for sharing these stories. As a "old white guy", I'm trying hard to shed my unconscious biases and it's very instructive to hear these spelled out. I've likely done this very thing in the past and it's stories like this that help me grow out of that mindset
1 reply 0 retweets 20 likes -
that's such a great takeaway from this! thank you for being open minded. <3 and willing to pay attention and learn.
1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
Wanted to second that. My first thought was “I don’t do those things,” followed quickly by “shit, I probably *do*”. Need to be better at this – and more proactive if I see other men doing that in my vicinity. Also, what *is* the German word for “architectural historian”?
-
-
Replying to @mwichary @scottjenson and
Bauhistoriker?? And yay! ! Welcome to the proactive-ness!
0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.