kaigou: this is what I do, darling (live and learn)
锴 angry fishtrap 狗 ([personal profile] kaigou) wrote in [site community profile] dw_suggestions 2009-08-25 04:38 pm (UTC)

Your reply illustrates my point perfectly: once you learn a system, it's really hard to see how anyone couldn't find it obvious. We reach a state of always-already, unable to go back to a point when we had no idea what that thing was, or what it meant or did. So we get annoyed (or just baffled) when people point out it doesn't make sense to them, because on some level we just can't comprehend anymore not comprehending.

Which is a fancy way to say: I'm aware it can be aggravating to have someone say, this doesn't make intuitive sense, when you've already made the intuitive leap, or at least accepted it -- because it seems obvious. But it doesn't change the fact that for someone not there yet, it's not.

And I'm just someone constantly seeking to undo the always-alreadys I find, is all.

Post a comment in response:

If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

If you are unable to use this captcha for any reason, please contact us by email at support@dreamwidth.org