Comments on: You Know What’s Cool? Diversity.

By: Stephen D.

Stephen D. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:27:55 +0000

I loved this post quite a bit–very few others seem to realize how attractive diversity truly is to the human experience.

I love the idea of everyone looking different than me–it makes me feel comfortable, like this world is so big, and I’m so small. I don’t know why, but I love the feeling.

I am white (russian american, 2nd generation) and strangely enough, I’ve dated black and mexican girls my entire life. I just find what’s outwardly different than me more attractive…but often times, I find myself having more in common with my dates than I’d never anticipate! so we humans are so different…yet so the same, it’s not even funny.

I love the diversity of religions, colors, opinions, cultures, cuisines, languages, practices–I love the idea of just being somewhere where I’d never imagine as a kid, and meeting someone totally different than me–it fills me with a childlike curiosity I haven’t felt since I was really young.

good article, Vern :)

By: Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:00:20 +0000

I know what you mean, sometimes I do have to distance myself if someone else’s values and beliefs are just so opposite of mine that I can’t have a conversation about anything with them. I have a friend whose political beliefs are the antithesis of mine and we used to be able to agree to disagree but this election cycle may have done our friendship in…sad but sometimes it can’t be helped.

By: Vern

Vern — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:56:21 +0000

Thanks for writing… I think differences are interesting. Sometimes they conflict with me and I distance myself from a person that has differences that are annoying to me. Sometimes I’m drawn to someone that’s so different from me in nearly every aspect of their lives just because they’re that different. I have to know – how did that person grow up? On another planet? I think most times I like differences…

By: Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:44:33 +0000

Great post, Vern – I’m glad that post of mine inspired such an interesting post on diversity on your blog! Interestingly, for an “icebreaker” exercise at work, we’ve done a very abbreviated version of your idea of having everyone checking off their experiences. A page is given to everyone asking specific questions (favorite color, favorite movie, whatever) and everyone answers the questions and then has to find another person who shares each single one of your answers. It’s remarkably hard to find even in a room full of only 20 people.

I think I tend to be friends with those who have the most similarities but can value the differences as well.