by John » Sat Sep 15, 2012 2:42 pm
Dear Higgie,
Higgenbotham wrote:
> They are: unkempt, provocative, raw, in your face, irresponsible,
> capricious, and abusive, to name a few adjectives that come to
> mind that are also consistent with streaking.
You wrote this a long time ago, and I've been meaning to respond to
it.
I am not "irresponsible, capricious, [or] abusive," and anyone who
reads my web site is well aware that I AM "provocative, raw, [and] in
your face," and glad to be, if only because I'm so aware that it
pisses Gen-Xers off.
However, I'm also not particularly "kempt," and that's what I really
want to address. What I see is as the Gen-X ethic is that if you look
good and carry around the shiniest gadgets, then you don't have to
actually know or do anything, and you're allowed to screw anyone you
want. So I'm reacting to that ethic.
There are other reasons. If I wear a suit, then I reinforce my
Boomerness, and remind Gen-Xers of their fathers, whom they hate.
Also, programmers aren't supposed to look particularly kempt anyway.
John
Dear Higgie,
[quote="Higgenbotham"]
> They are: unkempt, provocative, raw, in your face, irresponsible,
> capricious, and abusive, to name a few adjectives that come to
> mind that are also consistent with streaking.[/quote]
You wrote this a long time ago, and I've been meaning to respond to
it.
I am not "irresponsible, capricious, [or] abusive," and anyone who
reads my web site is well aware that I AM "provocative, raw, [and] in
your face," and glad to be, if only because I'm so aware that it
pisses Gen-Xers off.
However, I'm also not particularly "kempt," and that's what I really
want to address. What I see is as the Gen-X ethic is that if you look
good and carry around the shiniest gadgets, then you don't have to
actually know or do anything, and you're allowed to screw anyone you
want. So I'm reacting to that ethic.
There are other reasons. If I wear a suit, then I reinforce my
Boomerness, and remind Gen-Xers of their fathers, whom they hate.
Also, programmers aren't supposed to look particularly kempt anyway.
John