Upvoted for the addition to our collective and to my personal vocabulary. I’ve encountered a small number of people who fit this pattern (different context; almost certainly nobody you know) and it’s helpful to have a memorable cognitive handle for it.
This post feels like it may have been written in response to some specific interpersonal drama. If it was, then I’d like to make it clear that I have absolutely no idea what it was and therefore no opinion on it. I just think this is a useful concept in general.
I do have one minor nitpick:
...and three people complain of deeply unpleasant experiences with one of the organizers.
It’s not clear to me whether, in this example, all three complaints are about the same organizer. It seems like they probably are, from context, but this could be written more clearly.
This post feels like it may have been written in response to some specific interpersonal drama. If it was, then I’d like to make it clear that I have absolutely no idea what it was and therefore no opinion on it. I just think this is a useful concept in general.
Thumbs up, I appreciate knowing it lands even for people with no idea of the specific cases.
Other than the murder thing, I’m talking about something I’ve seen more than once. Like I said in the post, part of what I’m supposed to do for ACX meetups is handle complaints, which creates some unusual selection effects around what I see.
I do have one minor nitpick:
I think that’s a reasonable nitpick and I’ve updated it to be a bit clearer, thanks for the pointer!
Upvoted for the addition to our collective and to my personal vocabulary. I’ve encountered a small number of people who fit this pattern (different context; almost certainly nobody you know) and it’s helpful to have a memorable cognitive handle for it.
This post feels like it may have been written in response to some specific interpersonal drama. If it was, then I’d like to make it clear that I have absolutely no idea what it was and therefore no opinion on it. I just think this is a useful concept in general.
I do have one minor nitpick:
It’s not clear to me whether, in this example, all three complaints are about the same organizer. It seems like they probably are, from context, but this could be written more clearly.
Thumbs up, I appreciate knowing it lands even for people with no idea of the specific cases.
Other than the murder thing, I’m talking about something I’ve seen more than once. Like I said in the post, part of what I’m supposed to do for ACX meetups is handle complaints, which creates some unusual selection effects around what I see.
I think that’s a reasonable nitpick and I’ve updated it to be a bit clearer, thanks for the pointer!