- Joined
- Sep 13, 2019
Everythings going great. Your career is stable, your social circle is tight and cool, maybe you got a bangin' wife or husband as well.
Suddenly, you say something uncouth or something you wrote a decade ago when you're a teen is unearthed and suddenly troons, loons and leg beards come out of the wood work and create their cute little hashtag to try and cancel you.
So far though, it's just a small minority but what do you do before it somehow hypothetically explodes?
This is something that crosses my mind a lot whenever I see peoples careers derailed over nothing. I've said my fair share of stupid and regretable shit in the 20 some years of using the internet, but to these zombies it doesn't matter if you were a dumb edgelord 12 year old and has since matured because they're emotionally and mentally stunted people who can't fathom that people change.
So the question is, if cancel culture is coming for you, what would you do? The sin you commited was maybe you dropped the n-bomb on twitter in 2009 despite being a pastey white dork or made a joke at the expense of another group. Mundane shit. Kevin Spacey's need not apply.
Personally, I figured I'd either
a.) Ignore it rather than say anything, especially if it's a nothing burger. Giving the issue and the mob attention would just give them that sweet endorphine rush they crave so better to starve them off for two weeks until they move on to the next shiney object.
or
b.) acknowledge it but don't apologize. I'd resort to this if something did gain attention and it had to be acknowledged. Example: "Yup, I said 'stop being jewish' back on a obscure forum in 2003. Oh well, that was dumb, life goes on."
I do find this one tough though, especially if you're a nice person. To any rational human being, if someone once acted a jackass manned up and admitted they were being a jackass and felt bad, then usually it'd be water under the bridge. Unfortunately, saying sorry now a days seems to give cancel warriors carte blanch to try and run your life.
Suddenly, you say something uncouth or something you wrote a decade ago when you're a teen is unearthed and suddenly troons, loons and leg beards come out of the wood work and create their cute little hashtag to try and cancel you.
So far though, it's just a small minority but what do you do before it somehow hypothetically explodes?
This is something that crosses my mind a lot whenever I see peoples careers derailed over nothing. I've said my fair share of stupid and regretable shit in the 20 some years of using the internet, but to these zombies it doesn't matter if you were a dumb edgelord 12 year old and has since matured because they're emotionally and mentally stunted people who can't fathom that people change.
So the question is, if cancel culture is coming for you, what would you do? The sin you commited was maybe you dropped the n-bomb on twitter in 2009 despite being a pastey white dork or made a joke at the expense of another group. Mundane shit. Kevin Spacey's need not apply.
Personally, I figured I'd either
a.) Ignore it rather than say anything, especially if it's a nothing burger. Giving the issue and the mob attention would just give them that sweet endorphine rush they crave so better to starve them off for two weeks until they move on to the next shiney object.
or
b.) acknowledge it but don't apologize. I'd resort to this if something did gain attention and it had to be acknowledged. Example: "Yup, I said 'stop being jewish' back on a obscure forum in 2003. Oh well, that was dumb, life goes on."
I do find this one tough though, especially if you're a nice person. To any rational human being, if someone once acted a jackass manned up and admitted they were being a jackass and felt bad, then usually it'd be water under the bridge. Unfortunately, saying sorry now a days seems to give cancel warriors carte blanch to try and run your life.
