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Avoid These Words (And Not Just at Work)

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Adam Savage explains why dismissive phrases like 'why don't you just' undermine collaboration and how to communicate more constructively.

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What people say. Recommended for its excellent advice on avoiding toxic, condescending communication patterns in technical and collaborative environments.

bityardon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today”

Adam Savage has a most excellent rant about the outrageous arrogance of the phrase, "Why don't you just..." I highly recommend it: link to this video My best example of this is my father-in-law. He's an absolutely wonderful man, generous to a fault and all of that. Fancies himself a handyman. But I had to stop asking for his help with around-the-house projects out of sheer anger and frustration because every SINGLE time I made a decision about how to proceed with the job or pick which tool to use to cut something, he would stop and and ask, "Well, why don't you just do X instead?" It didn't seem to matter if I explained my reasoning, or if doing X meant redoing a hour of work just to get back to where…
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On “Why Don't You Just”

Possibly the article talked about in this relevant video from Adam Savage: link to this video I had noticed this too subconsciously, but could never put into words why it felt bad to receive (otherwise totally valid) suggestions in this form. It seems a common phrase in technical circles.
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On “Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one”

…ollar environment because the people on this website are extremely insulated from the social issues that come up on here. Nonetheless, they feel like they have an obvious solution to a version of the problem that they've concocted in their head based on a 2 second glance at a headline. It reminds me of this Adam Savage video that I think is great: link to this video > Re: obnoxiously male This is exemplified by the high confidence and combativeness in this and other similar comme…
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