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It seems like you liked the story, and I'm glad for that. If you haven't read it before, then I'm especially happy that I introduced you to it. It's one of my f
by nonrecursive 17y ago
It seems like you liked the story, and I'm glad for that. If you haven't read it before, then I'm especially happy that I introduced you to it. It's one of my favorites, and I've probably read it at least 30 times over the years.
However, it seems like your comment was only intended to shoot down what you perceived as my interpretation of the story, and to do so in an insulting manner. I'd like to know why you think the story is essentially about loneliness and what you think it says about loneliness, and I'd appreciate it if you did so in a way that's not insulting.
- mtts 17y agoMy response was less than civil, yes. Your bringing Steve Jobs' "Always stay hungry" into it struck me as exceptionally shallow and myopic and since I happen to be a big fan of Kafka's work, more bile went into my response than would have been proper, I guess. The comment you've posted since (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124805 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1124805) seems a lot more sensible. So it appears I have misjudged you, though, reading it over again, I'm still not convinced that I did that with your original comment itself.
- nonrecursive 17y agoYeah I did see that in your comment - "wow this guy really likes Kafka, that's awesome." :) In my original comment I should have written something like "It's interesting to compare what jsomers wrote / Steve Jobs said to what Kafka has written, though for now I'm reserving my opinion." I remember reading something along the lines of, "people rarely understand each other, and when they do it's usually by accident." Anyway, I'm sorry I wasn't clearer originally.