• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    [>] responds to this comment by making a 4chan thread complaining about her instead of just smiling and asking “what makes you say that? Would you have written it differently?” like chad would do.

    Groupwork gotta groupwork. It might not have been an insult

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      4 months ago

      this is likely something they are ashamed of and they would like to keep it private

      they don’t know their “condition” is painfully obvious to most people with minimal interaction required.

      owning it is the only way, no need for shame either

      but if they knew how to sell themselves better, they wouldn’t be in that situation in the frist place

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        4 months ago

        they don’t know their “condition” is painfully obvious to most people with minimal interaction required

        Because he’s insecure about it? Or do you have a virgin-radar

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      Gotta tell my coworker today that his code is absolute dogshit and that me and one other guy are going to rewrite the whole thing. He is such a nice person though, I hope I won’t break his heart.

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        If i was a coder and my code was dogshit i would want to know so i can improve upon it. It’s chill. Frame it as “here’s what I want you to bear in mind when programming something in future”

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    Writing workshops are so cultish and weird. I have taken a few and they always creep me out. It was very mantra focused and vibes focused, rather than like… actually talking about how words create meaning. They never seem to actually want to demand any effort or provide any useful critical feedback. They feel like I’m in a kindergarten class. And the feedback I get is often… useless because it’s so bland and vague and complimentary rather than being thoughtful and critical or suggesting I try something different.

    I ended up doing some research on the issue, and it turns out it’s because writing workshop programs in America were basically funded by the CIA in the 50s and 60s and this is why professional writers have these cult-like mentalities and mantras and it was basically a way to promote ‘american’ writing. The whole MFA program thing is incredibly weird and insular.

    I wish I could find a writing workshop in USA that was run by a European author, I bet it would be a lot different. Also I am so sick of reading weird emo stories that these writing workshops all assign as examples of good writing.