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“Interesting" and "sparkly" - by Andrew Wu - SPARC JC Blog

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I don’t like SPARC’s end-of-camp survey question “How useful was SPARC to you for meeting interesting people?” I don’t like the niche but semi-popular-on-Curius blog post sparkly people and how to find them.1 I despise the notion that runs wild throughout many of my social circles—that some people are “interesting” and “sparkly.” And I want to erase these words from existence, independent of whether these designations serve some important purpose, independent of whether I like or respect the people who use them. I mean no prejudice toward either SPARC or the blog post author. The survey question and blog post are specific manifestations of a wider phenomenon that I believe deserves more attention in these circles. As such, I will read into some words, phrases, and sentences perhaps far more so than the author intended. I find the extremeness of my reaction to be somewhat unreasonable, but I wish to explain myself. The moment someone says “[this person] is interesting” with no riders or

“Interesting" and "sparkly" Harmful categorizations Andrew Wu Sep 01, 2024 29 18 1 Share I don’t like SPARC ’s end-of-camp survey question “How useful was SPARC to you for meeting interesting people?” I don’t like the niche but semi-popular-on-Curius blog post sparkly people and how to find them . 1 I despise the notion that runs wild throughout many of my social circles—that some people are “interesting” and “sparkly.” And I want to erase these words from existence, independent of whether these designations serve some important purpose, independent of whether I like or respect the people who

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