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Uh, yet another lecture on how to live my life by his omniscience

by gjdimitrov 10y ago

capote 10y ago
Nobody's telling anyone how to live their life here, much less you specifically.
- gjdimitrov 10y ago
  Although I agree with a lot of what he's saying, every time I listen to him I can't help but hear the judgemental note. He takes his inherently good ideas to the extreme and they become more off-putting than eye-opening
  - capote 10y ago
    You're right, of course, but my point stands.
    - gjdimitrov 10y ago
      May be it was a poor choice of words on my side, what I was trying to get across here is that when one reads (or listens to) what he has to say, it feels more like a rebuke than a well constructed and convincing argument (even if it's the absolute truth).
    - chronolitus 10y ago
      > "Nobody's telling anyone how to live their life here" -------- > "Don't do this to others — don't be used by Facebook yourself!" > "Don't be tracked — pay cash." > "It is very important for you personally to [refuse to use Facebook], especially if some of your friends do (or might), because that's how you influence them, for good or for ill." > "Unfriend Facebook now — you are its product, not its customer."
      - capote 10y ago
        You missed the point—this is a person's opinion. Harshly (and possibly ridiculously) worded, sure, but there are plenty of opinion posts everywhere and their point isn't to direct others as to how to live their lives. You don't have to listen to it or even read it.
  - saynsedit 10y ago
    Yeah when people say correct things in an incorrect way it makes them incorrect. Why don't RMS supporters understand that?
rubiquity 10y ago
You forgot to sign your post: Written from a computer running a bunch of software written by his omniscience
- gjdimitrov 10y ago
  And I respect him for that, but that doesn't mean I can't disagree with him
- gst 10y ago
  Just because you are using someone's software doesn't mean that you need to agree to that person's political views.
- umanwizard 10y ago
  I'm on OS X as are a lot of people on this site (probably the majority). Not much software written by RMS on here.
- dingo_bat 10y ago
  I'm on windows. I use clang. I use Visual Studio. No RMS software. You shouldn't assume everything.
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Uh, yet another lecture on how to live my life by his omniscience

capote 10y ago

Nobody's telling anyone how to live their life here, much less you specifically.

gjdimitrov 10y ago
Although I agree with a lot of what he's saying, every time I listen to him I can't help but hear the judgemental note. He takes his inherently good ideas to the extreme and they become more off-putting than eye-opening
- capote 10y ago
  You're right, of course, but my point stands.
  - gjdimitrov 10y ago
    May be it was a poor choice of words on my side, what I was trying to get across here is that when one reads (or listens to) what he has to say, it feels more like a rebuke than a well constructed and convincing argument (even if it's the absolute truth).
  - chronolitus 10y ago
    > "Nobody's telling anyone how to live their life here" -------- > "Don't do this to others — don't be used by Facebook yourself!" > "Don't be tracked — pay cash." > "It is very important for you personally to [refuse to use Facebook], especially if some of your friends do (or might), because that's how you influence them, for good or for ill." > "Unfriend Facebook now — you are its product, not its customer."
    - capote 10y ago
      You missed the point—this is a person's opinion. Harshly (and possibly ridiculously) worded, sure, but there are plenty of opinion posts everywhere and their point isn't to direct others as to how to live their lives. You don't have to listen to it or even read it.
- saynsedit 10y ago
  Yeah when people say correct things in an incorrect way it makes them incorrect. Why don't RMS supporters understand that?

rubiquity 10y ago

You forgot to sign your post: Written from a computer running a bunch of software written by his omniscience

gjdimitrov 10y ago
And I respect him for that, but that doesn't mean I can't disagree with him
gst 10y ago
Just because you are using someone's software doesn't mean that you need to agree to that person's political views.
umanwizard 10y ago
I'm on OS X as are a lot of people on this site (probably the majority). Not much software written by RMS on here.
dingo_bat 10y ago
I'm on windows. I use clang. I use Visual Studio. No RMS software. You shouldn't assume everything.

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