Comments on: Eat Your Greens, Mommybloggers http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=226 Psychology, art, videogames. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:29:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David Hayward http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=226&cpage=1#comment-2726 David Hayward Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:50:00 +0000 http://func-auton.net/blog/?p=226#comment-2726 I've met more than one woman who let fly with a hockey stick at school. Some of them are excellent. Some of them end up like Dooce. I see what you mean about cheerleader bullshit, but it's not as if there's a strict divide between "in crowd" members and non-members, with emotional baggage only going to the latter. The geeks, the unfortunate, the shat upon, can end up pretty strong and sound people. I think lack of adversity is a reliable way to create weakness, but even in the face of difficult circumstances, a lack of will has the same effect. In the absence of imposed adversity, I think will also drives us toward challenges. I’ve met more than one woman who let fly with a hockey stick at school. Some of them are excellent. Some of them end up like Dooce.

I see what you mean about cheerleader bullshit, but it’s not as if there’s a strict divide between “in crowd” members and non-members, with emotional baggage only going to the latter. The geeks, the unfortunate, the shat upon, can end up pretty strong and sound people. I think lack of adversity is a reliable way to create weakness, but even in the face of difficult circumstances, a lack of will has the same effect.

In the absence of imposed adversity, I think will also drives us toward challenges.

]]> By: tim http://functional-autonomy.net/blog/?p=226&cpage=1#comment-2725 tim Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:14:40 +0000 http://func-auton.net/blog/?p=226#comment-2725 You know, I saw this little dustup in the news and didn't get it. I'd never heard of "Dooce." Courtesy of your link, I took a look at her blog and found it completely boring. To me the "controversy" looks like some kind of high school cheerleader bogus bullshit. Gee let's all get together and lynch the "different" girl. I have to wonder about the NYT and their editors...I guess I'm simply not in their target audience. You know, I saw this little dustup in the news and didn’t get it. I’d never heard of “Dooce.” Courtesy of your link, I took a look at her blog and found it completely boring. To me the “controversy” looks like some kind of high school cheerleader bogus bullshit. Gee let’s all get together and lynch the “different” girl.

I have to wonder about the NYT and their editors…I guess I’m simply not in their target audience.

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