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bitzun | 6 months ago

Can you explain why? I have pretended to be multiple kinds of Christian with success despite being none of them.

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monkeyelite|6 months ago

Because religious vocabulary, etiquette, and clothing are learned from decades of involvement usually as a small child.

It’s kind of like saying you’re going to pretend to be a different class, but more particular.

> I have pretended to be multiple kinds of Christian with success

I don’t know what context you mean. But I guarantee others can tell you aren’t a member of the group even if Christianity aims to be open in inviting new people.

Another common situation is they recognize you have some connection but can tell you aren’t an active participant.

dmbche|6 months ago

Harder to pretend when speaking with colleagues that are the real deal. Also very likely to "step out of line" accidentally over time as lot of time is spent with colleagues.

It's not hard to pretend to be anything for 5 minutes to someone who doesn't know anything about what you're doing.

onlyrealcuzzo|6 months ago

Naively, I was assuming TSMC would still operate like TSMC, not the Taliban, and that they'd focus on doing their work, not religious performance, but I guess anything is possible!

Suggesting TSMC start operating like the Taliban to protect their trade secrets seems like an obviously bad idea, though.

But we don't live in a vacuum, so I guess it's all just opinion pieces.