Three acronyms:
1) DIR
2) PMTS
3) MSF
It's amazing how similar these things are in their respective circles. The level of "acceptance" among the rank and file is vastly different with each, but the nature of the detraction and the nature of the instruction are strikingly similar.
The following is a quote from someone else on an entirely different subject, but it's distinctly fitting:
"The range of responses thus far have not been terribly surprising. It's the usual camps, really, and I don't know if these positions exist throughout all of human dialogue or if they are local to our merry band, but they are known to me. People who hate it because they hate X, people who hate it because it is not good, people who like it because other people hate it, people who like it because they are "above the fray," and people who like it because they like X. The first million times I saw this scene play out I could always find some piquant flavor in the proceedings, something that made each conflict unique. Now all I see is a kind of template superimposed over every motive, as though the argument were taking place between cells on a spreadsheet."
The emphasis near the end is mine because it succinctly captures my thoughts.
1) DIR
2) PMTS
3) MSF
It's amazing how similar these things are in their respective circles. The level of "acceptance" among the rank and file is vastly different with each, but the nature of the detraction and the nature of the instruction are strikingly similar.
The following is a quote from someone else on an entirely different subject, but it's distinctly fitting:
"The range of responses thus far have not been terribly surprising. It's the usual camps, really, and I don't know if these positions exist throughout all of human dialogue or if they are local to our merry band, but they are known to me. People who hate it because they hate X, people who hate it because it is not good, people who like it because other people hate it, people who like it because they are "above the fray," and people who like it because they like X. The first million times I saw this scene play out I could always find some piquant flavor in the proceedings, something that made each conflict unique. Now all I see is a kind of template superimposed over every motive, as though the argument were taking place between cells on a spreadsheet."
The emphasis near the end is mine because it succinctly captures my thoughts.
