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0 pointsjanalsncm6mo ago0 comments

WEIRD isn’t insulting to be because it’s simply descriptive of you take the terms themselves.

However. No one gave them the right to speak for everyone, and in regular parlance “weird” isn’t a super nice thing to say about someone. They could’ve chosen something else like WESTED “Western, Educated, Stable, Technologically-advanced, Economically Developed” but didn’t. And they don’t get to choose how people will react when they’re called weird.

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maxbond6mo ago

The claim at issue isn't, "I find the term WEIRD insulting." As you say, everyone is entitled to feel that way. It's "the term WEIRD is intended by the authors of TFA as an insult and reveals their agenda as being 'anti-west' [1]". I can understand how someone would find it insulting, but in the article we are discussing, it is descriptive and not pejorative.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45298741

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0 pointsjanalsncm6mo ago0 comments

WEIRD isn’t insulting to be because it’s simply descriptive of you take the terms themselves.

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maxbond6mo ago

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45298741

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