Comments on: Pulling in to STFU Station https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: surgoshan https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505300 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:53:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505300 I agree with Ms Stephanie up at #1, and I hope you won’t mind if I hijack and alter your first analogy.

You push past me.
Then I push past you.

I think a great deal of the noise out there isn’t actually conversation, nor intended to be. Some of it is just shouting “Yeah! Go misogyny!” A lot of it is talking *at* people rather than to them. Some of it is just frustrating repetitive conversation that doesn’t go anywhere, and some of it actually does produce results. Not much.

To hijack your second analogy, it’s like the subway in that most of us are along for the ride and ignoring everyone else even if some particular bit of noise grabs our attention for a moment.

If I sound pessimistic, it’s because I came here almost directly from another sciblogger’s post who just isn’t on board with the maturity thing.

Eh. It’ll get better. Maybe. Eventually.

Also, why do people keep arguing? Mr Munroe already covered that.
http://xkcd.com/386/

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505299 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:20:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505299 Yeah, I generally only get tired after the third or fourth go-around through already-covered territory. I have also noticed people wanting to get the last word and expecting the argument to disappear immediately thereafter, then seeming surprised when others continue rebutting. I like the station analogy for that phenomenon. I expect to link this post in a future argument.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505298 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:25:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/07/19/pulling-in-to-stfu-station/#comment-505298 Actually, I generally consider this a perpetual ongoing discussion. It didn’t start with Rebecca’s video, and it’s not going to end just because someone runs out of steam or gets bored or calls a temporary cease fire to get some work done.

I do get a bit tired of having to repeat myself several times in a single comment thread, however.

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