tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post410006408301848616..comments2024-01-02T18:05:23.666-06:00Comments on Streak's Blog: What happens if you post a blog and no one reads?Streakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-6088800797780773672011-09-14T10:31:59.667-05:002011-09-14T10:31:59.667-05:00One thing I brought up in a coaching meeting with ...One thing I brought up in a coaching meeting with an engineer who has been having trouble with soft skills (that's QA-speak for "treating customers abrasively without meaning to") is that deep down, people aren't rational, and in most areas they won't look out for their best interests. People's first priority when they come to us is to vent about how hard it was to find us. It doesn't matter that they're getting in the way of fixing their problem; they would rather have their opinion heard than actually work with us to resolve anything. One suggestion I made to our engineer was that instead of dragging his feet because this fact of human nature is unreasonable, counterproductive, and incredibly dangerous on large scales, why not just give them a couple minutes to spew so we can hear them <i>and</i> get them to cooperate in fixing their problem?<br /><br />I don't think there's any obvious analogue to this in the political realm - it's far easier to convince people to part with money than to make sensible choices. Though it does seems to me that expecting people to live by their principles is a recipe for frustration and despair. I think the behavior of many Tea Party voters makes more sense when you look at religious belief not as an indicator of behavior, but as a tribal identifier. The fact that they claim to be better than human while cheering torture and the execution of innocent people is more to secure their allegiance to the group than anything else. You can't reach everyone. Not everyone can be shamed or reasoned with.leightonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821884432248870789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-15751675665688325592011-09-14T05:33:53.978-05:002011-09-14T05:33:53.978-05:00I also read most days, but don't always commen...I also read most days, but don't always comment. Sometimes there just isn't much to say.<br /><br />:)Monk-in-Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07373661525025912462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-38896672077099015002011-09-13T19:15:50.149-05:002011-09-13T19:15:50.149-05:00Outrage fatigue sums it up perfectly. It takes ton...Outrage fatigue sums it up perfectly. It takes tons of energy to be this pissedball the time and try to keep it up til November. I even stop watching Stewart sometimes because even though he is funny, the stuff he makes jokes about just stress me out at a time I'm trying to go to bed.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-2122358200676960142011-09-13T15:26:26.458-05:002011-09-13T15:26:26.458-05:00I appreciate you guys humoring me and commenting. ...I appreciate you guys humoring me and commenting. I more wanted to make sure someone was still out there listening. <br /><br />Some of this feels like outrage fatigue. How much more can we rail against this insanity?Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-8954631102967052972011-09-13T15:20:12.810-05:002011-09-13T15:20:12.810-05:00Oh, I faithfully check here every day. Sometimes,...Oh, I faithfully check here every day. Sometimes, there's nothing to add to your statement but "uh-huh." But I feel you: you want acknowledgment for your posts.<br /><br />I just did a long one about the death penalty, especially in light of Perry's machismo about not losing any sleep, and the now-famous case where he executed an innocent dude. So to hear his fan-base cheering that shit on instead of deriding it? I just can't bear to watch sometimes.Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345059376742159966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-63947774819711757312011-09-13T13:37:17.778-05:002011-09-13T13:37:17.778-05:00Yeah, I could not watch any of this mess. But tha...Yeah, I could not watch any of this mess. But that 5 minutes was enough to make me want to wretch--just reading about it.Streakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01443433745929880701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5397103.post-10853635840731854612011-09-13T12:47:40.299-05:002011-09-13T12:47:40.299-05:00People read you, but like me, don't always com...People read you, but like me, don't always comment.<br /><br />I tuned in to the debate for 5 minutes. Which 5? The one where the guy(s) cheared "yeah!" in favor of letting the unisured die. <br /><br />That was enough.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669616484991718478noreply@blogger.com