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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8653091" data-attributes="member: 6779196">I don’t think anyone has claimed that jargon is “gatekeeping (or even approaching it) by narcissistic Ivory Tower Cabals hell bent on ‘keeping the casual down’ or elevating themselves.” Snarf specifically says jargon is useful among people who are well-versed in a subject. Where it becomes a barrier, and can be (but isn’t necessarily) used for gatekeeping is when in mixed company with people who are not well-versed in the subject. I imagine, when you were learning climbing and had moments of “I have no idea what that meant,” the people you were learning from mostly tried to be helpful and break down what they meant in layman’s terms. But, had you not been trying to learn, and simply heard that jargon in passing, it would have been a barrier to you understanding. And, had the people who taught you wanted to, they could have made it much more difficult for you to learn to climb by refusing to explain their jargon and demanding that you figure it out yourself if you’re really serious about wanting to climb.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8653091, member: 6779196"] I don’t think anyone has claimed that jargon is “gatekeeping (or even approaching it) by narcissistic Ivory Tower Cabals hell bent on ‘keeping the casual down’ or elevating themselves.” Snarf specifically says jargon is [I]useful[/I] among people who are well-versed in a subject. Where it becomes a barrier, and [I]can[/I] be (but isn’t [I]necessarily[/I]) used for gatekeeping is when in mixed company with people who are not well-versed in the subject. I imagine, when you were learning climbing and had moments of “I have no idea what that meant,” the people you were learning from mostly tried to be helpful and break down what they meant in layman’s terms. But, had you not been trying to learn, and simply heard that jargon in passing, it would have been a barrier to you understanding. And, had the people who taught you wanted to, they could have made it much more difficult for you to learn to climb by refusing to explain their jargon and demanding that you figure it out yourself if you’re really serious about wanting to climb. [/QUOTE]

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