Galap comments on Lonely Dissent - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Galap 29 March 2014 12:05:35AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I've definitely had to learn the hard way to tone it down with respect to having ideas and interests that run completely orthogonal to familiarity with peers/society.

Perhaps what annoys me even more is when I like something that coincidentally has associated with it one of those Outside The Box groups, when I don't want to be associated with that group, or more accurately, don't want to have to hear the canned response for it, whatever it may be.

For example, I like heavy metal and anime, but have no desire to be a part of those counter-cultural groups. Unfortunately, it's pretty hard for me to talk about either of those things without people -- both inside and outside those ciricles -- from assigning me to that bin. It's not harmless categorization either: being considered to fit in those bins has pretty strong social baggage attached to it.