Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Well then we're basically in agreement, aren't we? (massrock, I mean)
I'm just saying that the guy who writes the back-end code for a website (say) is probably less likely either to be perceived as a 'creative' by others, or to perceive himself in that way, than the guy who makes the graphics or animations that the end user sees when they visit the site. Would you agree with that? That there's a bias in what the-man-in-the-street sees as creative activity towards the audio/visual and away from the technical.
Edit: yes, maybe I'm 'assigning value' here, but I'm doing so on the basis of an assumption or bias that I think is quite widespread. Why would my friend's would-be flatmates feel uncomfortable living with someone who does a technical and 'uncreative' job if not for the reason that they felt it made him different from them? And we all know that feeling someone is different from you is usually just an emotional euphemism for looking down on them in some way.
I'm just saying that the guy who writes the back-end code for a website (say) is probably less likely either to be perceived as a 'creative' by others, or to perceive himself in that way, than the guy who makes the graphics or animations that the end user sees when they visit the site. Would you agree with that? That there's a bias in what the-man-in-the-street sees as creative activity towards the audio/visual and away from the technical.
Edit: yes, maybe I'm 'assigning value' here, but I'm doing so on the basis of an assumption or bias that I think is quite widespread. Why would my friend's would-be flatmates feel uncomfortable living with someone who does a technical and 'uncreative' job if not for the reason that they felt it made him different from them? And we all know that feeling someone is different from you is usually just an emotional euphemism for looking down on them in some way.
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