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I fundamentally cannot agree with that take. How do you fix something if you don't know why the current thing doesn't work?
Please don't try to imprecisely apply soft inclusivity to technical problems. If someone only says the stairs are difficult for them, don't just change them into a slide because you accepted there needs to be change. This isn't about accomodating someone's lifestyle choices, this is (positing) dropping/adopting a standard based on vague dissent.
i took the phrase
to mean that you shouldn’t assume someone is lying. they just might have different circumstance or needs. that doesn’t invalidate their experience, just that you’re solving different problems (which may not have been well communicated, and also may not even be technical problems).
if you’re trying to solve their problems, then sure that’s a discussing… but 99% of tech conversations on the internet like this are people berating others for “not understanding” the “simple” way it’s done because it works fine for them