my guess is that that claim is slightly exaggerated, but I expect sources exist for an only mildly weaker claim. I certainly have been specifically mocked for my username in places that watch this site, for example.
I certainly have been specifically mocked for my username in places that watch this site, for example.
This is an example of people mocking LW for something. Portia is making a claim about LW users’ internal emotional states; she is asserting that they care deeply about academic recognition and feel infuriated they’re not getting it. Does this describe you or the rest of the website, in your experience?
lens portia’s writing out of frustrated tone first and it makes more sense. they’re saying that recognition is something folks care about (yeah, I think so) and aren’t getting to an appropriate degree (also seems true). like I said in my other comment—tone makes it harder to extract intended meaning.
Well, I disagree. I have literally zero interest in currying the favor of academics, and think Portia is projecting a respect and yearning for status within universities onto the rest of us that mostly doesn’t exist. I would additionally prefer if this community were able to set standards for its members without having to worry about or debate whether or not asking people to read canon is a status grab.
sure. I do think it’s helpful to be academically valid sometimes though. you don’t need to care, but some do some of the time somewhat. maybe not as much as the literal wording used here. catch ya later, anyhow.
my guess is that that claim is slightly exaggerated, but I expect sources exist for an only mildly weaker claim. I certainly have been specifically mocked for my username in places that watch this site, for example.
This is an example of people mocking LW for something. Portia is making a claim about LW users’ internal emotional states; she is asserting that they care deeply about academic recognition and feel infuriated they’re not getting it. Does this describe you or the rest of the website, in your experience?
lens portia’s writing out of frustrated tone first and it makes more sense. they’re saying that recognition is something folks care about (yeah, I think so) and aren’t getting to an appropriate degree (also seems true). like I said in my other comment—tone makes it harder to extract intended meaning.
Well, I disagree. I have literally zero interest in currying the favor of academics, and think Portia is projecting a respect and yearning for status within universities onto the rest of us that mostly doesn’t exist. I would additionally prefer if this community were able to set standards for its members without having to worry about or debate whether or not asking people to read canon is a status grab.
sure. I do think it’s helpful to be academically valid sometimes though. you don’t need to care, but some do some of the time somewhat. maybe not as much as the literal wording used here. catch ya later, anyhow.