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Re:Silicon Valley’s Safe Space by FlownScepter on Saturday February 13, 2021 @11:39AM (#26124584)
> Not everyone is a rich socialite looking to be viewed well at the finest private dinner parties.

These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever. One does not need to be rich to have social capital.

> You know the Senate will vote to acquit Trump today, right?

This just in: two things can be bad at the same time. Perhaps more than two! Details at 11.

Re:Silicon Valley’s Safe Space by Smaug123 on Saturday February 13, 2021 @01:03PM (#26125287)
By the way, I thought "social morays" was absolutely brilliant and I will certainly be using it myself, but it's spelt "mores". It's a direct import from Latin.
Re:Silicon Valley’s Safe Space by DenisM on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:01PM (#26126264)
> These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever.

Sexism has also been applied forever, doesn't make it right.

Re:Silicon Valley’s Safe Space by eli_gottlieb on Saturday February 13, 2021 @11:46AM (#26124629)
>These social morays have applied to everyone, everywhere, forever.

Any claim that any particular social more is eternal or universal is ahistorical. This is the clearest finding of the fields of anthropology and history. Everything about human life varies throughout time and space.