December 2011
Conclusion
Yesterday we posted a chart to which some people took offense. One person took the time to write us directly with her anger about the chart. I took exception to her tone and disagreed with her assertions and regrettably fell into one of the more simple traps of poor communication, writing a response mostly aimed at the form of the message and not the substance. I cooled down, attempted to clarify,...
Addendum
This is important for me to clarify because I did not do a good job while writing in anger earlier:
I like conversations. I don’t like binary issues and I don’t like name calling. It’s horrible to watch this devolve into an issue of “oversensitive [insert feminist insult here]” vs “ignorent pigs.” I gave my read on the chart, and people are willing to...
thisgingersnapsback asked: You ought to remove the "How to Escape the Friend Zone" chart. It's complete and utter bullshit, and highly offensive. How on earth did you rationalize condoning what is essentially rape (sorry, but getting a girl drunk just to get into her pants is nothing more and should not be romanticized in any way, shape or form) and taking advantage of a woman's emotional instability?...
This is crony capitalism.
ldsgeek:
Crony capitalism - a capitalist economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials.
thoughtsofjen asked: more charts. less gloating.
carefulwiththataxe asked: I can't tell if you are a hipster or not. Damned mustache.
