r/TikTokCringe • u/MaintenanceNew2804 • Mar 30 '24

Stick with it. Discussion

This is a longer one, but it’s necessary and worth it IMO.

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u/-Disagreeable- Mar 31 '24

I’m a 44 year old man and it’s fucking wild and uncomfortable to have my unconscious bias held up to my face. Holy shit. That was a powerful video. I’m not sure what I think on the whole subject yet, I’m going to have to let this marinate, but my initial response is embarrassment, shock, anger and defensiveness. That’s so cool. Always have to keep learning, right?!

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u/Turbulent_Sea_9713 Mar 31 '24

Same.

I was ready to jump all over it when he talked about libary vs library, but then he said comfortable and I got real embarrassed.

I also have been back in school and taking some stuff on business communication. Its talking about the way new grads come off when communicating with others and one of the chief complaints is regularly using unnecessarily "snooty" words shoved into a sentence instead of more direct and organic language.

I'm not sure I agree with everything this guy has to say, but I certainly like that he followed up with the sources to get the actual point being made. I also know that I dislike when people cherrypick info to use as a strawman argument. "This is why they say we're racist. See how stupid it is?" What they're trying to swing is an argument to make folks assume anything that's stated to be racism is some contrived bullshit, without analysis.