[Noisebridge-discuss] New furniture

[rachel lyra hospodar]

He said 'please help find a new couch'

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?

I am a social interaction research scientist. You, josh, are less adept at
social interaction (and the study thereof) than I am.

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

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?

R.
On Dec 3, 2012 11:11 AM, "Josh Juran" <jjuran at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2012, at 9:00 AM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
>
>  If you think those couches are too busted then feel free to replace them
>> or
>> advocate for their removal. My goal here is not to help you change
>> noisebridge to your wishes, but to share factual history about why things
>> are the way they are.
>>
>> Just because they are raggedy doesn't make the accessibility issue someone
>> else's problem.  It's just you deciding that.
>>
>
> 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.
>
> Josh
>
>
>
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