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0 pointsduaneb10y ago0 comments

So—first, empathy, I don't get video games at all.

Second—this strikes me as fairly standard cultural shock. It's one thing to find yourself immersed in a culture, it's quite another to find that you have to immerse yourself in that culture to reach your teammates. This is an experience I have not encountered before; people have surprised me with the lengths they go to ensure a healthy diversity in company culture so that everyone feels like they have an opening to communicate. Why would you NOT want to get to know your teammate? If they have different interests, it's an opportunity, not a problem.

That said.... sometimes you need to be the person to push for the cultural diversity, and unfortunately, that's not going to be easy for most people regardless of sex or industry. I would even imagine non-tech companies actually have a much worse case of this where EVERYONE feels alienated from their coworkers based on my personal experiences.

It's complicated. But monocultures are certainly terrible teamwork oriented groups of people—I think we can all agree with that.

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meowface10y ago

Veering a bit off-topic: I used to get video games when I was younger, and played them obsessively, but around the age of 18, I almost completely lost interest. I occasionally will play online games with friends nowadays, but I do that more for the "hanging out with friends" enjoyment. The game is just a vehicle for that.

I can't play a single-player game for more than 5 minutes without losing interest.

duanebOP10y ago

Yea, it really stands out to me how much the narrative matters to me now as opposed to when I was younger, when it was all about gameplay. I get bored basically once I've figured out the controls and what the character does, etc.

However. I really like playing Mario Kart in a group. But then it is more of a social thing, not a hobby.

Kalium10y ago

> It's complicated. But monocultures are certainly terrible teamwork oriented groups of people—I think we can all agree with that.

I don't know. That thought sounds kind of monocultural.

So -- first, empathy. I've felt cultural shock. I've lived places and done things where many people around me lived lives that made no sense to me.

Second -- that's not just a snarky one-liner. I'm suggesting that your notions, as explained, constitute a different kind of monoculture. You've gone up a meta-level. Instead of everyone having the same interests, you now expect everyone to have the same general attitudes.

Don't you want people with different attitudes around? If you encounter someone with different attitudes, isn't that an opportunity to expand your mind and come to understand a different perspective?

duanebOP10y ago

I think a monoculture with respect to opinions about monoculture would be just as bad, yes, but it's not a terrible rule of thumb to diversify culture. You definitely need to be surrounded by all types of people... including people like yourself.

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0 pointsduaneb10y ago0 comments

So—first, empathy, I don't get video games at all.

It's complicated. But monocultures are certainly terrible teamwork oriented groups of people—I think we can all agree with that.

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meowface10y ago

I can't play a single-player game for more than 5 minutes without losing interest.

duanebOP10y ago

However. I really like playing Mario Kart in a group. But then it is more of a social thing, not a hobby.

Kalium10y ago

> It's complicated. But monocultures are certainly terrible teamwork oriented groups of people—I think we can all agree with that.

I don't know. That thought sounds kind of monocultural.

So -- first, empathy. I've felt cultural shock. I've lived places and done things where many people around me lived lives that made no sense to me.

Don't you want people with different attitudes around? If you encounter someone with different attitudes, isn't that an opportunity to expand your mind and come to understand a different perspective?

duanebOP10y ago

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