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0 pointseli_gottlieb5y ago0 comments

>As a person you are judged constantly by others, as a public figure this increases exponentially. You are judged on everything: the clothing you wear, the way you speak, and yes, the company you keep.

Not everyone is a rich socialite looking to be viewed well at the finest private dinner parties. In fact, I dare say that anonymous and pseudonymous bloggers are the opposite of that.

Maybe you should go try judging someone with actual responsibility and a real role in public life. You know the Senate will vote to acquit Trump today, right?

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FlownScepter5y ago· 3 in thread

> Not everyone is a rich socialite looking to be viewed well at the finest private dinner parties.

These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever. One does not need to be rich to have social capital.

> You know the Senate will vote to acquit Trump today, right?

This just in: two things can be bad at the same time. Perhaps more than two! Details at 11.

Smaug1235y ago

By the way, I thought "social morays" was absolutely brilliant and I will certainly be using it myself, but it's spelt "mores". It's a direct import from Latin.

DenisM5y ago

> These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever.

Sexism has also been applied forever, doesn't make it right.

eli_gottliebOP5y ago

>These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever.

Any claim that any particular social more is eternal or universal is ahistorical. This is the clearest finding of the fields of anthropology and history. Everything about human life varies throughout time and space.

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