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That photograph really is sensational. Gates looks wonderfully young and innocent, almost angelic. Ballmer looks like an enthusiastic understudy for Jack Nich

That photograph really is sensational. Gates looks wonderfully young and innocent, almost angelic. Ballmer looks like an enthusiastic understudy for Jack Nicholson in "The Shining".

drzaiusapelord 11y ago
Attacking people's looks is a pretty low blow. How would you like if you started a company, published a photo, and everyone started calling you names purely on your looks? As someone who is older and perpetually 15-20lbs overweight, its really unnerving to see how young people just think its cool to lash out on the looks of others so casually without regard for the other person at all. Internet cattiness has become this mainstream thing and its inexcusable. This is HN not PerezHilton.com. Its also hypocritical, because if someone said something about the looks of Bernie Sanders or Marc Andreesen then he would be downvoted to hell and back, but because Ballmer is a controversial figure the fat/ugly/psycho-killer comments are excused and as you can see below rationalized. Please keep the discourse at a higher level and on-topic. Thanks.
- pc86 11y ago
  There is a world of difference between a statement like the one to which you're replying, and something like "Ballmer looks fat" (which he doesn't). There is nothing wrong with pointing out the obvious difference in stance and body language.
- fizzbatter 11y ago
  > Please keep the discourse at a higher level and on-topic. Thanks. How is pointing out the difference in how the article visually represents the figures not on-topic? It seems very on-topic to me. Furthermore, highlighting an unflattering, possibly biased difference against Ballmer, is actually in favor of him in my opinion. I read the OP comment as pointing out how the article may be biased against Ballmer. > Internet cattiness has become this mainstream thing and its inexcusable. This is HN not PerezHilton.com. To me, you're the one being "catty" for no reason at all. This is definitely HN alright.
  - jsprogrammer 11y ago
    >To me, you're the one being "catty" for no reason at all. Please, the person you responded to put in two paragraphs of their reasoning. HN indeed.
- jonesb6 11y ago
  I for one think Steve Ballmer is a beautiful man and his speech at the Microsoft Developers Conference a few years back was better then any Steve Jobs ever gave.
to3m 11y ago
Ballmer is the younger, which is the funny thing :) (I actually think he looks quite youthful here, but it's hard to spot at first, because he has the hairline of a man 20+ years his senior.)

That photograph really is sensational. Gates looks wonderfully young and innocent, almost angelic. Ballmer looks like an enthusiastic understudy for Jack Nicholson in "The Shining".

drzaiusapelord 11y ago

Attacking people's looks is a pretty low blow. How would you like if you started a company, published a photo, and everyone started calling you names purely on your looks? As someone who is older and perpetually 15-20lbs overweight, its really unnerving to see how young people just think its cool to lash out on the looks of others so casually without regard for the other person at all. Internet cattiness has become this mainstream thing and its inexcusable. This is HN not PerezHilton.com. Its also hypocritical, because if someone said something about the looks of Bernie Sanders or Marc Andreesen then he would be downvoted to hell and back, but because Ballmer is a controversial figure the fat/ugly/psycho-killer comments are excused and as you can see below rationalized. Please keep the discourse at a higher level and on-topic. Thanks.

pc86 11y ago
There is a world of difference between a statement like the one to which you're replying, and something like "Ballmer looks fat" (which he doesn't). There is nothing wrong with pointing out the obvious difference in stance and body language.
fizzbatter 11y ago
> Please keep the discourse at a higher level and on-topic. Thanks. How is pointing out the difference in how the article visually represents the figures not on-topic? It seems very on-topic to me. Furthermore, highlighting an unflattering, possibly biased difference against Ballmer, is actually in favor of him in my opinion. I read the OP comment as pointing out how the article may be biased against Ballmer. > Internet cattiness has become this mainstream thing and its inexcusable. This is HN not PerezHilton.com. To me, you're the one being "catty" for no reason at all. This is definitely HN alright.
- jsprogrammer 11y ago
  >To me, you're the one being "catty" for no reason at all. Please, the person you responded to put in two paragraphs of their reasoning. HN indeed.
jonesb6 11y ago
I for one think Steve Ballmer is a beautiful man and his speech at the Microsoft Developers Conference a few years back was better then any Steve Jobs ever gave.

to3m 11y ago

Ballmer is the younger, which is the funny thing :) (I actually think he looks quite youthful here, but it's hard to spot at first, because he has the hairline of a man 20+ years his senior.)