I feel that we miss the point when we try to inspire people with other people - they are messy, complicated and often problematic. We cherry pick a portion of a person and represent it with the whole. This also tends to distort perception of value over time - choosing a single person to celebrate never tells the full story.
I really wish we had more monuments and tributes to ideas - they can be much more expressive and create a sense of community and shared values.
Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket (also barrel, basket, or pot) mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket. While any one crab could easily escape, its efforts will be undermined by others, ensuring the group's collective demise.
Sex is the only thing that matters. Views on sexuality are the highest our morals go right now, the test of how much you care about the world all comes down to what you believe people should do with their penises and vaginas. Obama kickstarted drone bombing warfare, but he also repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell, so therefore he is Good.
It may be so, but we are naming this telescope so people alive today can talk about it. We should name this telescope for what words mean to us.
On another note, do we need to name this telescope after a person? Why not go with a descriptive name like the LHC has? Then you literally cannot go wrong.
> Some argue that if Webb was complicit, so was everyone working in the administration at the time. We agree.
Literally everyone is or will be guilty of this. We all associate with something that someone will eventually condemn some aspect of. Absolute purity is a standard no person can meet. If that's the measure, all awards and honors really ought to be abolished (or ritually withdrawn with condemnation immediately after being awarded).
IKR, It started with conservatives canceling the Dixie Chicks, even Mitt Romney has been "canceled" by a lot of Conservatives.
Hell, those who cherish the confederacy and the flag that represents it tried to cancel the entire United States, those at the seditious uprising in January tried to do it a second time.
Trump tried and tried to "Cancel" Obamacare, he also tried to Cancel lgbtq rights in military/etc.
Those on the right even canceled "All in the Family" because oh no, there was an interracial couple.
A few days ago those on the right tried to start a hashtag #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty which backfired and got the hashtag: #TaylorSwiftIsLovedParty trending instead.
The witchunts for anything relating to Communism/Socialism is another prime example of Americans cancelling an entire political ideology they didn't agree with at the time.
You act as if this is something new. Cancel culture is as old as the world. Romans canceled Greek Deities by changing their names to Romanesque ones.
Christians canceled Pagan Holidays by co-opting them for themselves Saturnalia -> Christmas for example.
You might as well just ask Humans to stop be human.
When we disagree with something we boycott them, we shun them, singly or collectively (if there's enough people who agree with the collective body).
[+] [-] tweetle_beetle|5 years ago|reply
I really wish we had more monuments and tributes to ideas - they can be much more expressive and create a sense of community and shared values.
[+] [-] andiareso|5 years ago|reply
It's better to learn from the failures of an individual than to hide and forget.
[+] [-] andiareso|5 years ago|reply
Do people spend all day searching for people with monumental impact to discredit them for having beliefs that don't stand the test of time?
It seems quite obvious that the crap we do now will be looked down upon in a century's time. So silly.
[+] [-] adolph|5 years ago|reply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality
[+] [-] jbob2000|5 years ago|reply
(I'm being sarcastic... I think...)
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[+] [-] cosmic_quanta|5 years ago|reply
On another note, do we need to name this telescope after a person? Why not go with a descriptive name like the LHC has? Then you literally cannot go wrong.
[+] [-] tablespoon|5 years ago|reply
Literally everyone is or will be guilty of this. We all associate with something that someone will eventually condemn some aspect of. Absolute purity is a standard no person can meet. If that's the measure, all awards and honors really ought to be abolished (or ritually withdrawn with condemnation immediately after being awarded).
[+] [-] adolph|5 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] gremlinsinc|5 years ago|reply
Hell, those who cherish the confederacy and the flag that represents it tried to cancel the entire United States, those at the seditious uprising in January tried to do it a second time.
Trump tried and tried to "Cancel" Obamacare, he also tried to Cancel lgbtq rights in military/etc.
Those on the right even canceled "All in the Family" because oh no, there was an interracial couple.
A few days ago those on the right tried to start a hashtag #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty which backfired and got the hashtag: #TaylorSwiftIsLovedParty trending instead.
The witchunts for anything relating to Communism/Socialism is another prime example of Americans cancelling an entire political ideology they didn't agree with at the time.
You act as if this is something new. Cancel culture is as old as the world. Romans canceled Greek Deities by changing their names to Romanesque ones.
Christians canceled Pagan Holidays by co-opting them for themselves Saturnalia -> Christmas for example.
You might as well just ask Humans to stop be human.
When we disagree with something we boycott them, we shun them, singly or collectively (if there's enough people who agree with the collective body).
[+] [-] smitty1e|5 years ago|reply
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