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Whiny Programmers and Angry Hispanists | Clarissa's Blog

"“Why do I have this overpowering need to meet whiny programmers, angry Hispanists, etc.?”

It seems we send out signals broadcasting our propensity for symbiosis. Of course that is not the only reason why we can come across a flood of a particular type of person. It might be that a particular culture or subculture is actually producing them that way. It could also be that we are susceptible to these because we have not built up a sufficient immunity to them though exposure.

As an example, it took me a long time to discover what types of people existed in the post-migrational culture and the kinds of pitfalls they represented to my personality. The very drawn out learning process was also a process of learning about myself and my reactions.

I eventually found I don't get along well with those who subscribe to identity politics, whether that may be the identity politics of the left or the right. Both lots of these denizens do me great harm.

On the other side of things -- the non-practical side--we do tend to conjure up a certain type of person if we mention them enough in the public sphere. If we obsess about them, suddenly they appear before us. I think there is a certain level of intuitive awareness that some people have, that draws them to us.