As a test of your understanding of modern American socio-political dynamics, answer this question before Googling: Are people upset because:
A) Starbucks increased their usage of Christmas-themed imagery on their coffee cups, thereby appropriating Christian cultural material for crass commercial purposes. B) Starbucks decreased their usage of Christmas-themed imagery on their coffee cups, thereby reducing the influence and prestige of Christian culture in the US.
[pollid:1075]
NB—this is a calibration exercise about an empirical fact, I am not trying to start a debate about this issue.
I had already heard about this, and was 95+% sure of my answer. But you didn’t say to not answer if you already knew, so I voted. I’m letting you know so that you can disregard the vote if you want to.
Neither answer is correct. Snowmen and such are not properly Christmas-themed. American Protestants just lack all knowledge of winter festivals other than the exact combination of Northern-European-pagan and Christian that they celebrate.
As a test of your understanding of modern American socio-political dynamics, answer this question before Googling: Are people upset because:
A) Starbucks increased their usage of Christmas-themed imagery on their coffee cups, thereby appropriating Christian cultural material for crass commercial purposes.
B) Starbucks decreased their usage of Christmas-themed imagery on their coffee cups, thereby reducing the influence and prestige of Christian culture in the US.
[pollid:1075]
NB—this is a calibration exercise about an empirical fact, I am not trying to start a debate about this issue.
https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Comment_formatting#Polls
Why should we even care about viral videos? There are plenty of more important and interesting events to use as calibration exercises.
It would have been good to ask for credence instead of a boolean choice.
I had already heard about this, and was 95+% sure of my answer. But you didn’t say to not answer if you already knew, so I voted. I’m letting you know so that you can disregard the vote if you want to.
B.
B.
Not sure where is the calibration part.
Neither answer is correct. Snowmen and such are not properly Christmas-themed. American Protestants just lack all knowledge of winter festivals other than the exact combination of Northern-European-pagan and Christian that they celebrate.