I have zero understanding of what goes on when someone to asserts that another someone else is "not a real person."
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Mostly because, for me, I have long become accustomed to technical media that fails to consider me as either audience or participant.
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It has been "pretty obvious" that large demographics were simply not of interest to the magazine's editorial and were expressly left out.
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I feel disappointed in myself for having given up on them so easily and so long ago.
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For one, to be so used to heaving a deep sigh and taking my toys and doing creative engineering as a solo hobby instead.
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But for two, because I now realize that there are still others out there who had not given up and who continue to be left behind.
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It is not for everyone to say "look, I don't care, my attention is better spent elsewhere"; to feel you fully own the topic anyway.
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MAKE for me was initially formative; I somehow got a copy of Edition 1 while in high school; "Wow, there are others like me out there!"
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Disillusionment didn't come sharply; I couldn't say when being a "Maker" per MAKE lost its appeal for me. It was subtle, and grew slowly.
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Like all squandered opportunities I think there's a sense of loss and tragedy. That it could have been so much more.
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There was the opportunity to uplift people everywhere and to be the beacon I wished I could have had myself while just learning.
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But the institution of MAKE has long been squarely against being that, in favor of sticking in the mud of narrow demographic-based appeal.
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There are other corners that are far more understanding and welcoming, which is where I prefer to spend time and attention when I do today.
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I am only disappointed by institutions that leave people out over the immutable facts of who they are.
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I think they stick with that bc it makes $. Which is OK, but don't talk like you're "open to everyone."
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