"Mass-organised opportunities to “do something different”, like "International Talk Like a Pirate Day, are just another way in which peer-pressure is deployed to make people conform to certain group behaviours. Yes, you can have fun in your life — but only this kind of fun. And only today."
what a crock. Who is being *made* to do anything? Why *only* this kind of fun? why *only* today? Should I get upset when a bunch of people wish me happy birthday because everyone is conforming to peer group pressure and demanding I do it too?
yes, real pirates are bad, same as real faeries are scary and real witches were unpopular women (rather than perky teenagers in crop tops). Doesn't mean we shouldn't be allowed to play with the form.
and no, I'm not personally participating in talk like a pirate day. Can't be bothered.
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jack_ryder) wrote2008-09-19 12:10 pm
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what a crock. Who is being *made* to do anything? Why *only* this kind of fun? why *only* today? Should I get upset when a bunch of people wish me happy birthday because everyone is conforming to peer group pressure and demanding I do it too?
yes, real pirates are bad, same as real faeries are scary and real witches were unpopular women (rather than perky teenagers in crop tops). Doesn't mean we shouldn't be allowed to play with the form.
and no, I'm not personally participating in talk like a pirate day. Can't be bothered.
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I'd be pissed off if people demanded I wish myself a happy birthday. "Go on - we want to hear it from your lips."
Though I'm happy to start "Talk like a Faerie" day, if only I knew what the bastards sounded like.
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