"By adopting the same patterns that other, more knowledgable people expressed I could feel more credible, more like a real part of the community, more like I belonged.
I bought my sense of belonging, with contempt, and paid for it with contempt and exclusionary behaviour.
And now, I realise how much of it is an anxiety response. [...] What if other people judge me for my choices and assert that my hard-earned skills actually aren’t worth anything?"
https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture
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