Comments on: 3 People, 3 Laptops, A Dinner Table, The Lounge Room, & Facebook! http://radio666fm.com/2009/12/04/3-people-3-laptops-a-dinner-table-the-lounge-room-facebook/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Don G. http://radio666fm.com/2009/12/04/3-people-3-laptops-a-dinner-table-the-lounge-room-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Don G. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:33:54 +0000 http://radio666fm.com/?p=526#comment-85 All groups have their in-jokes at the expense of the majority oppressors. It's called "cultural inversion", which places the minority culture in a temporary status of superiority over the majority. And, I think your friend was taking your comment a little too literally. After all, you didn't say that Hearies are knuckle-draggers. You were suggesting that to be worse, they would have to go back to knuckle-dragging. Semantic difference, I know.... All groups have their in-jokes at the expense of the majority oppressors. It’s called “cultural inversion”, which places the minority culture in a temporary status of superiority over the majority.

And, I think your friend was taking your comment a little too literally. After all, you didn’t say that Hearies are knuckle-draggers. You were suggesting that to be worse, they would have to go back to knuckle-dragging.

Semantic difference, I know….

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