<p>He said 'please help find a new couch'</p>
<p>To me this indicates that he believes my delivery of information comes along with some sort of obligation in getting involved in solving his problem. When I say 'his problem' I mean 'the fact of the couches being run-down, presented in his previous email as assumptive evidence of their obsolesence' which is not a statement of fact, even though it is presented as such. When I share some data relevant to a project you are working on, does that obligate me to also roll my sleeves up and help you revamp your project to accomodate that data?</p>
<p>I am a social interaction research scientist. You, josh, are less adept at social interaction (and the study thereof) than I am. </p>
<p>The fact that you challenge my statement regarding this area of my far greater expertise, rather than submitting a query seeking clarification of your poor understanding</p>
<p>Is a great example of the type of arrogant assumption of knowledge, along with socially normalized dismissals, that typify 'mansplain' and the general dude-idiot behavior that people are always talking about. You know, on the internet?</p>
<p>R.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 3, 2012 11:11 AM, "Josh Juran" <<a href="mailto:jjuran@gmail.com">jjuran@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Dec 3, 2012, at 9:00 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:<br>
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If you think those couches are too busted then feel free to replace them or<br>
advocate for their removal. My goal here is not to help you change<br>
noisebridge to your wishes, but to share factual history about why things<br>
are the way they are.<br>
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Just because they are raggedy doesn't make the accessibility issue someone<br>
else's problem. It's just you deciding that.<br>
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I'm wondering which of Dan's statements supports the conclusion that he's decided that the accessibility issue is someone else's problem. His original message indicates that he was unaware of the issue, and after your input, he assured that he wouldn't reduce the supply of couches.<br>
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Josh<br>
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