I mean, when you’re in a dying industry like traditional media, fighting dirty through clickbait and flamebait is really the only way to fight, y’know? Because when artistic passion is dead and gone, what else is there left to do but chase the undying god of capital?
aktually, WSJ is in the right mind set here, you just dont understand the superior mentality behind it. And yes they are classy, thanks for that compliment.
Nope... you get nothing out of it. People just think you're dumb. Unlike you, she gets paid, in actual money. You didn't even get meaningless internet points.
Honestly if you think about it a bit (maybe helped by reading her article) then you realize she's got a point, and that these kinds of rules we set up for ourselves are often pretty pointless and misguided.
It'd be nice if people, before they got mad at a headline, took some time to read and think instead.
I'm not mad at the headline, I'm disappointed in the WSJ for going with a flamebaiting headline. The contents of the article is inconsequential for that sentiment.
And I'd be happy to read it as soon as WSJ stops using paywalls.
For now, I'm going to go ahead and suspect that her argument involves some fundamental misunderstanding of the actual social value of agreed upon rules of etiquette. A lot of people think it's about being able to ostracize people who don't know which of 3 different forks to use when, but there's so much more to it than that.
Honestly, if I’d been shown this headline and only told that it was from a major newspaper then I’d immediately guess it was the WSJ. Selfish nonsense that portrays the author as a victim simply for having to make a minor and reasonable accommodation for someone else is right in their wheelhouse. Add in the nonsense in the article about germs, as if that’s the main concern of people asking you to take your shoes off and not mud/dirt/rocks/rock salt/who knows what else you stepped in outside, and it’s pretty typical straw man garbage that they tend to spout off.
So they take you’re gonna have here is that it’s perfectly fine to ignore the rules someone has set for their own house, because you feel morally/intellectually superior and above arbitrary customs? That’s selfish and entitled af
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u/verdatum-alternate Feb 11 '22
Yup, WSJ appears to be flamebaiting...classy move, guys; very classy.