I just had to explain 'does it bring me joy?' to my mum and she had identified husbands as a thing you might want to get rid of before I'd even got to the broader applications of the concept.
She was six years late to it but she understood immediately.
In my experience it bothered the men a little bit shorter than me more than it bothered the men a lot shorter. My guess is that men a lot shorter are more accustomed to other people being taller than them and are less bothered by it generally.
Yep. There's research on this: the numbers don't capture the stories, but the fact of a measurable effect should capture our attention. ideas.repec.org/a/aea/aejpol...
This is true of so many Israelis in academia. Ariel Rubinstein likes to think of himself as an economist who hates economics. Dan Ariely is a psychologist but calls himself a behavioural economist. They must either like colonising other disciplines or hate that they failed at the one they chose.
The Guardian names every Israeli who is being returned and doesn't even manage a number for the Palestineans who have been released. And that's the national UK newspaper that you would expect to be most inclusive towards the Palestineans.
This is what I come up against all the time. Validating my friend's lifetime of not-great medical care while still advocating for life-changing public health innovations like vaccinations.
What's worse is the **** age discrimination in medical care.
Can’t find the exact clip I want but The Hollowmen from Australia was always good at capturing generations completely missing each other’s vibes. youtube.com/shorts/2xc1D...
I think it goes hard on ‘good immigrant’ logic but once you’re good enough you’re no longer an immigrant, you’re ‘a proper Australian’, hence all immigrant stereotypes are negative.
Thanks for the thread. I left and would find it hard to go back. I think it’s not the only country with a racism problem, but as your last example demonstrates, there’s not much exposure within Australia to experiences that dislodge racist stereotypes, or show them up for how disgusting they are.
An explanation that made sense to me is that brands use Black models to prevent white supremacist groups from adopting their clothing as a uniform. Because it reduces the reach of your brand if it becomes associated with, for example, Reform.
