A website has 97 “Invisible” Privileges That Most People Don’t Notice Because They Have Them.

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

Some from me are the following, only one of which appears on that list of 97.

• A society without spears and clubs (spearings stopped in Australia in the late 1960s)
• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)
• The ability to carry things (lost with age)
• Chairs we can trust not to collapse
• Healthy children
• Lack of feces in the street
• A non-leaking roof that we can sleep under
• Contracts that are honoured
• Carpet
• Cities
• A choice of music
• Underwear
• Glass
• Deep burial / cremation

do they have to be physical things, or can I venture psychological ‘privileges’

I ask because most of such things are properly invisible

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

Melbourne was similarly enlightened when it came to hardware stores. I’d hazard a guess and say there were more in teh late 80s than there are today.

• A society without spears and clubs

Got clubs.. a bag full

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

And for centuries before that, every high street had an ironmonger selling a wide range of hardware.

Privilege is invisible to those that have it.

Woodie said:

Privilege is invisible to those that have it.

Good one!

I’m privileged to have first world problems.

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

Melbourne was similarly enlightened when it came to hardware stores. I’d hazard a guess and say there were more in teh late 80s than there are today.

They all consolidated into large chains operating fewer but bigger stores. Then they started going bust till today there is only the big green ones left.

party_pants said:

sibeen said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

Melbourne was similarly enlightened when it came to hardware stores. I’d hazard a guess and say there were more in teh late 80s than there are today.

They all consolidated into large chains operating fewer but bigger stores. Then they started going bust till today there is only the big green ones left.

Mitre 10 still operates in Victoria.

Woodie said:

Privilege is invisible to those that have it.

doubt that’s a universal, or can be generalized as a truth, i’d expect much of the feelings of privilege are illusion, or involve illusion

the nearest most familiar privilege a person has is of the things that generate illusions, the bulb on the shoulders

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Don’t you mean selves?

Ian said:

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Don’t you mean selves?

fair point

we’ll settle for, the collective self (functioning as singular or plural, your choices)

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

I lived in London for a year so I know exactly what I’m talking about. Where do you get your ideas from?

They had timber stores, they had second hand stores, some stores sold tools, and some stores for individual parts of the building trade.
But nothing even remotely like what we in Australia call a hardware store, for the general plebs.

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

• Hardware stores (in the late 1980s even London didn’t have any)

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

I lived in London for a year so I know exactly what I’m talking about. Where do you get your ideas from?

They had timber stores, they had second hand stores, some stores sold tools, and some stores for individual parts of the building trade.
But nothing even remotely like what we in Australia call a hardware store, for the general plebs.

I lived in outer London Suburbs for 24 years, and in London for 6 years.

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Good one. Land animals generally don’t.
I’d add “scissors/shears” to that.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Haven’t gone through them all, but that one really jumped out.

I don’t know where you get these ideas from, but I assure you that even in the 60’s London had 100’s if not 1000’s of hardware stores.

I lived in London for a year so I know exactly what I’m talking about. Where do you get your ideas from?

They had timber stores, they had second hand stores, some stores sold tools, and some stores for individual parts of the building trade.
But nothing even remotely like what we in Australia call a hardware store, for the general plebs.

I lived in outer London Suburbs for 24 years, and in London for 6 years.

What was the store name of your nearest equivalent of the Australian “hardware store”? Somewhere other than a specialist timber store or store that catered only to the trade.

mollwollfumble said:

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Good one. Land animals generally don’t.
I’d add “scissors/shears” to that.

And opposable thumbs.

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

I lived in London for a year so I know exactly what I’m talking about. Where do you get your ideas from?

They had timber stores, they had second hand stores, some stores sold tools, and some stores for individual parts of the building trade.
But nothing even remotely like what we in Australia call a hardware store, for the general plebs.

I lived in outer London Suburbs for 24 years, and in London for 6 years.

What was the store name of your nearest equivalent of the Australian “hardware store”? Somewhere other than a specialist timber store or store that catered only to the trade.

I have no idea, but I remember being in stores that sold tools, paints, timber, and all manner of other stuff for home repair and decoration.

A quick Binge finds B&Q at the top of the list, which started in 1969.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

SCIENCE said:

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Good one. Land animals generally don’t.
I’d add “scissors/shears” to that.

And opposable thumbs.

oh all right let us point out that we were not being facetious but we were also not not being figurative

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I lived in outer London Suburbs for 24 years, and in London for 6 years.

What was the store name of your nearest equivalent of the Australian “hardware store”? Somewhere other than a specialist timber store or store that catered only to the trade.

I have no idea, but I remember being in stores that sold tools, paints, timber, and all manner of other stuff for home repair and decoration.

A quick Binge finds B&Q at the top of the list, which started in 1969.

eh it was BBC up in Sydney for a few years

Ian said:

SCIENCE said:

mollwollfumble said:

What do we have as a privilege/advantage that we don’t normally notice?

access to specular dimension-reversing surfaces with which we are able to regard the self

Don’t you mean selves?

Need two or more mirrors for that.

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I lived in outer London Suburbs for 24 years, and in London for 6 years.

What was the store name of your nearest equivalent of the Australian “hardware store”? Somewhere other than a specialist timber store or store that catered only to the trade.

I have no idea, but I remember being in stores that sold tools, paints, timber, and all manner of other stuff for home repair and decoration.

A quick Binge finds B&Q at the top of the list, which started in 1969.

ironmongers or oil shops maybe, goes way back

but the DIY thing can be seen as more recent, probably can be seen as a market itself, and industry supplying it

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Peak Warming Man said:

The privilege to not have to pay anything for this ad free web site.

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mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The privilege to not have to pay anything for this ad free web site.

Yes! friggin amazing.

Agree totally.

sibeen said:

mollwollfumble said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The privilege to not have to pay anything for this ad free web site.

Yes! friggin amazing.

Agree totally.

Have you ever shaken anyone’s hand while on the AIS?