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All you're doing is getting pissy at someone who has pointed out legitimate safety concerns. You think sailing around the world didn't involve planning and safe
by jscheel 11y ago
All you're doing is getting pissy at someone who has pointed out legitimate safety concerns. You think sailing around the world didn't involve planning and safety considerations, or that going to the moon did have a safety talk or two? Yeah, there are always people lining up to do things. And sure, plenty of risks were taken. But there's absolutely nothing wrong with thinking about safety. They didn't say they wouldn't do it, they said they would maintain a safer distance.
- grecy 11y ago> They said they would maintain a safer distance And I like tofu. Neither of those pieces of information add anything useful to the discussion.
- jscheel 11y agoWhy doesn't it? There are plenty of instances where bad safety practices with high energy have led to injuries. In fact, the parent comment had more information relevant to the discussion than yours did. By your measure, your comment brought absolutely nothing to the discussion, and you would have been better to simply ignore the comment you didn't like. Policing what people say in that manner is subjective and tends to lean more towards your personal dislike for the comment than for any stringent criteria of quality. All that said, I like tofu too. Maybe we can find a tofu discussion on HN to carry on in.
- grecy 11y agoIt bugs me that so many posts on HN immediately get shot down with "It's not safe", which is not constructive at all. (see: self driving cars, drone delivery, etc.) Just saying "it's not safe" is not useful, and I suppose I wish people would do it less. Yes, safety is a consideration for sure, so a comment that talks at length about how to make it safer is useful. Simply saying it's not safe is not constructive. We should have a HN tofu meetup
- jscheel 11y agoFair enough!