[jacobjjacob]

Someone’s personal conclusion can be summed as “you should feel bad”? I think that’s if you feel bad for using the metaphor after reading this, that’s on you. The author just wrote up a deep dive into the problem and concluded that it’s not a great metaphor, in their opinion.

[unconed]

The thing about these woke types is they usually mean really well. But in the process they will effortlessly fall into being absolute cunts.

This one time I got a 'concerned' mail from a dude, remarking that he didn't like some of my public comments. It was longwinded, verbose and Very Serious. He tried to empathize with me by imagining what my politics might be, how I might feel about some of his remarks, etc.

The thing was:

- he got my politics completely wrong

- at no point did he actually cite a single concrete example

- he never actually asked any questions or clarifications

The entire thing was a one-sided lecture he was delivering to an image of me he had created in his head. Once you understand this, you understand woke and why so many people find it so unbearable.

[jacobjjacob]

I don’t think the author made a single judgment call on people who use the metaphor. However in the first paragraph of your comment, you lumped them into a strawman group that you use profanity to refer to. So my point is just that readers are taking personal offense to an untargeted opinion piece, and then directing that back to the author and unknown other people with uncalled-for animosity.

Edit: “delivering to an image of me he had created in his head” - the author doesn’t know you, afaik. He probably didn’t send you this link personally after writing it. You yourself have decided that the article is targeted at you and that it is intended to be negative.

I’ve used the term cargo cult a hundred times. I generally think it’s a useful metaphor. I do not feel offended in any way by this article.