6 tweets · July 2019 · 6 likes · 0 retweets · read on Twitter
@tasshinfogleman This needs contextualisation, in a few senses: 1. if we had a healthy society in the first place, people wouldn't need to cry nearly as much 2. the unhealthiness of our society is related to why people are not crying as much as they need to (because it's not acceptable)
@tasshinfogleman 3. it may not actually be healthy for a particular person to cry at their workplace, because they might incur judgment/censure, or because they might get fired (losing health benefits = unhealthy)
@tasshinfogleman 4. given human history, it's important to give your coworkers context as to how to interpret the meaning of such crying, so eg they don't feel like they should do something about it if you're just needing to release the feelings
@tasshinfogleman 5. if the crying is loud and it distracts other people from being able to work, then it doesn't necessarily make for a healthy workplace (we're in the process of converting a shed in our backyard to be used for emotional processing ("the NEDER shedder") for volume purposes)
@tasshinfogleman 6. crying can also be used to manipulate people 7. if the crying isn't actually healthy processing but just someone freaking out, then kinda-by-definition this isn't healthy
@tasshinfogleman Now, with all of those contextual factors as a given, I think I basically resonate with your hot take.