How are they ostracized?
I hear people gripe about green versus blue and all I can think is: are we all suddenly grade schoolers who think the color of your clothes makes you cool?
I hear people gripe about green versus blue and all I can think is: are we all suddenly grade schoolers who think the color of your clothes makes you cool?
I nearly missed a birthday party for my friend that his girlfriend organized because she didn't want to lose iMessage features when sending out the group invite. I only found out the day before because my friend asked if I would be coming to his party the day before.
I only got added to my family group chat after I got a mac and installed AirMessage.
You talk about the color of your clothes as if people are someone enlightened about it, but the whole plot of American Psycho is essentially a lens on 1980s Yuppie culture where what you are wearing is more interesting and memorable to people than your name [and who you are]. Such attitudes persist in tech circles although flipped: wear an AC/DC t-shirt = one of us, show up in a 3 piece suit = outsider.
Absolutely, designating someone as different because of how they connect is enough to create a designation as an outsider. Almost by definition.