06-02-2018, 12:32 AM
While I respect everyone's opinion on the term Snowflake. I like the word. Perhaps the political alignment of the word is part of the reason for its unpopularity. I don't really know but I am guessing as I don't really follow popular mainstream media much.
I agree Snowflake can mean crybaby but I think it is more than that.
Snowflakes are delicate, beautiful, and numerous at certain times of the year and totally absent at other times. They are individuals and no two are alike. They appear and disappear providing nothing but fluff, distraction, and in groups challenges. Say driving.
When we apply that to a group/person as a pronoun, noun, or adverb I think it is very creative. I understand the word has been used in political discussions and has thus gained some political polarization. But I don't think it is the words fault.
Snowflakes grow up thinking they are special. They are individuals and the focus of their world is such. It hurts me to hear about X or I am offended when someone says Y. People need to afford me consideration because I am me. I am special and I have the right to be special. I got a blue ribbon for showing up. They exist in a vacuum chamber of ideological rhetoric that ill prepares them for the real world. When shit goes south no one has the capacity to deal.
Then they look to the "Monsters" (in their way of thinking and definition) to save them or provide the stable perfect environment that is required for a snowflake to exist.
I think that is very creative.
The point of my post wasn't about snowflakes. The point was Got Smart reminded me how much I missed my friendly 'Monster' and wished I could read a post from him again. No matter how indelicate it might be.
The worst thing to be called in the Military is individual. It is not a badge of honour. Us monsters have to stick together, there are very few of us left on the kind side of the ball we call home. RIP My friend.
I agree Snowflake can mean crybaby but I think it is more than that.
Snowflakes are delicate, beautiful, and numerous at certain times of the year and totally absent at other times. They are individuals and no two are alike. They appear and disappear providing nothing but fluff, distraction, and in groups challenges. Say driving.
When we apply that to a group/person as a pronoun, noun, or adverb I think it is very creative. I understand the word has been used in political discussions and has thus gained some political polarization. But I don't think it is the words fault.
Snowflakes grow up thinking they are special. They are individuals and the focus of their world is such. It hurts me to hear about X or I am offended when someone says Y. People need to afford me consideration because I am me. I am special and I have the right to be special. I got a blue ribbon for showing up. They exist in a vacuum chamber of ideological rhetoric that ill prepares them for the real world. When shit goes south no one has the capacity to deal.
Then they look to the "Monsters" (in their way of thinking and definition) to save them or provide the stable perfect environment that is required for a snowflake to exist.
I think that is very creative.
The point of my post wasn't about snowflakes. The point was Got Smart reminded me how much I missed my friendly 'Monster' and wished I could read a post from him again. No matter how indelicate it might be.
The worst thing to be called in the Military is individual. It is not a badge of honour. Us monsters have to stick together, there are very few of us left on the kind side of the ball we call home. RIP My friend.
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