Social Inequity Balancing Mechanisms Working Group Final Report
For immediate release:
Jam Corners, CT
October 27, 2008
The Fairness Institute's Standards Team (FIST) has completed its year-long study on the proper use of face-punching as a social inequity balancing mechanism (SIBM). SIBMs are verbal and/or physical responses to statements made in individual conversation which demean, belittle, insult, or blame one party; or which are entirely devoid of reasoned thought; these statements are referred to generally as bullshit (BS). The purpose of an SIBM is to alert the offending party to the absurdity or thoughtlessness of their statement(s), and to re-establish the proper conversational balance.
A number of SIBMs have been cataloged by FIST: kidnapping, litigation, grudges, yelling, smear campaigns, civil discussion, sabotage, running away crying, refusing sexual congress, saying "oh yeah?" and many others too numerous to list here. Initial studies have indicated that not all situations are aided equally by the various known SIBMs, and that some SIBMs tend to be more effective in certain situations.
The most recent study conducted by FIST set out to determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of face-punching (FP) against various types of BS.
FIST has identified the following BS statements (and their associated variations) as instances in which FP is the most appropriate response:
"You must not have enough faith"
"You think too much"
"Why don't you just cheer up?"
"Not that you care, but..."
"Get over it already"
"You just don't get it, do you?"
This list is by no means exhaustive, and our readers are encouraged to help us add to it in the comments below.
Jam Corners, CT
October 27, 2008
The Fairness Institute's Standards Team (FIST) has completed its year-long study on the proper use of face-punching as a social inequity balancing mechanism (SIBM). SIBMs are verbal and/or physical responses to statements made in individual conversation which demean, belittle, insult, or blame one party; or which are entirely devoid of reasoned thought; these statements are referred to generally as bullshit (BS). The purpose of an SIBM is to alert the offending party to the absurdity or thoughtlessness of their statement(s), and to re-establish the proper conversational balance.
A number of SIBMs have been cataloged by FIST: kidnapping, litigation, grudges, yelling, smear campaigns, civil discussion, sabotage, running away crying, refusing sexual congress, saying "oh yeah?" and many others too numerous to list here. Initial studies have indicated that not all situations are aided equally by the various known SIBMs, and that some SIBMs tend to be more effective in certain situations.
The most recent study conducted by FIST set out to determine the appropriateness and effectiveness of face-punching (FP) against various types of BS.
FIST has identified the following BS statements (and their associated variations) as instances in which FP is the most appropriate response:
"You must not have enough faith"
"You think too much"
"Why don't you just cheer up?"
"Not that you care, but..."
"Get over it already"
"You just don't get it, do you?"
This list is by no means exhaustive, and our readers are encouraged to help us add to it in the comments below.
posted by Casey at
10/27/2008 12:19:00 PM
2 Comments:
Another Berry-grad friend has isolated a SIBM he calls the "WinShape Trump Card": "You've been misled."
"Problem? I don't have a problem. You're the one with the problem."
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