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I'm not suggesting she not be proud or for her to be ashamed about her body. I'm just saying that it's not interesting to learn about. There are literally 3.52

by webkike 10y ago

I'm not suggesting she not be proud or for her to be ashamed about her body. I'm just saying that it's not interesting to learn about. There are literally 3.52 billion women who should be proud of their bodies, but I don't feel obligated to listen to any one of them be proud. also I'm pretty sure you meant to say "unashamed, or even proud".

throwanem 10y ago
Well, then, don't! And kindly oblige the rest of us by declining to do so a little less loudly. also i said exactly what i meant
- webkike 10y ago
  My obnoxious opinion is just as loud as your obnoxious opinion. I'm not shouting at you, it's easy to ignore. I'm not insulting anyone, I'm claiming this isn't interesting "news" and doesn't really belong here.
- dpark 10y ago
  Why are you so worked up about this? You're being extremely abrasive and combative here. Webkike didn't slut shame this woman or insult her. The question posed is literally "what's the point?" The article did a poor job of making this profile interesting. (Sorry, Sonya.) There could have been an interesting article here about the maker scene in China, or the unhealthy way many westerners online attack this woman for her appearance, or how non-stereotypical people can end up interested in the maker scene, or maybe something else. Instead we got a title that promised body mods and diy manufacturing and an article that delivered little of either. There were literally two into paragraphs, mostly about her appearance, and then "Given all of this context, I reached out to SexyCyborg for an interview." What context? And now a question about 3D printing? If I wrote an article containing two paragraphs about a guy called CyborgJim who wears Metallica T-shirts, 3D prints Star Wars figurines, and gets called a neckbeard online and then jumped into a Q&A with him, someone would rightly say "why should I care?" And I doubt you would defend my article so vigorously.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    > There could have been an interesting article here about the maker scene in China, or the unhealthy way many westerners online attack this woman for her appearance, or how non-stereotypical people can end up interested in the maker scene, or maybe something else. And the article that actually was posted makes for a very workable entrée into all of the above, especially if you take the time to follow links from it or otherwise investigate. > The article did a poor job of making this profile interesting. You're right! But that's excused by the fact that it's an uninteresting article about an interesting person, who sheds light on an interesting culture, about whom and about which probably everyone who's commented in this thread previously knew nothing. In light of that, it strikes me as odd it'd be so divisive.
    - dpark 10y ago
      > And the article that actually was posted makes for a very workable entrée into all of the above, especially if you take the time to follow links from it or otherwise investigate. I would not consider the article a "workable entrée" into any of those topics. Yes, I could do my own investigation into each of those things, but this article doesn't help much with that, nor does it manage to make me interested in any of those things. You can't expect people to read a bad article and then say "well, that was boring, but I bet if I follow every link here I'll eventually find something worth my time". > You're right! But that's excused by the fact that it's an uninteresting article about an interesting person, who sheds light on an interesting culture, about whom and about which probably everyone who's commented in this thread previously knew nothing. In light of that, it strikes me as odd it'd be so divisive. I don't agree. A poor article is not excused by having an interesting subject. A poor article will make a subject seem uninteresting, which is what happened here.
- xenihn 10y ago
  You are putting way too much effort into this discussion and care about this way too much. 7 posts in this thread in the last hour, geez. Just drop it and move on. You're being silly.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    You're right. Between SJWs and anti-SJWs it is pretty much impossible to have a substantial conversation here. That's a shame, and it shouldn't take somebody else pointing it out for me to notice.
astrodust 10y ago
I'm not suggesting you should post this comment, or that you should not post this comment, I'm just saying it's not interesting to read. There are literally 3.52 billion people on the internet that could comment here but I don't feel obligated to listen to any one of them.

by webkike 10y ago

throwanem 10y ago

Well, then, don't! And kindly oblige the rest of us by declining to do so a little less loudly. also i said exactly what i meant

webkike 10y ago
My obnoxious opinion is just as loud as your obnoxious opinion. I'm not shouting at you, it's easy to ignore. I'm not insulting anyone, I'm claiming this isn't interesting "news" and doesn't really belong here.
dpark 10y ago
Why are you so worked up about this? You're being extremely abrasive and combative here. Webkike didn't slut shame this woman or insult her. The question posed is literally "what's the point?" The article did a poor job of making this profile interesting. (Sorry, Sonya.) There could have been an interesting article here about the maker scene in China, or the unhealthy way many westerners online attack this woman for her appearance, or how non-stereotypical people can end up interested in the maker scene, or maybe something else. Instead we got a title that promised body mods and diy manufacturing and an article that delivered little of either. There were literally two into paragraphs, mostly about her appearance, and then "Given all of this context, I reached out to SexyCyborg for an interview." What context? And now a question about 3D printing? If I wrote an article containing two paragraphs about a guy called CyborgJim who wears Metallica T-shirts, 3D prints Star Wars figurines, and gets called a neckbeard online and then jumped into a Q&A with him, someone would rightly say "why should I care?" And I doubt you would defend my article so vigorously.
- throwanem 10y ago
  > There could have been an interesting article here about the maker scene in China, or the unhealthy way many westerners online attack this woman for her appearance, or how non-stereotypical people can end up interested in the maker scene, or maybe something else. And the article that actually was posted makes for a very workable entrée into all of the above, especially if you take the time to follow links from it or otherwise investigate. > The article did a poor job of making this profile interesting. You're right! But that's excused by the fact that it's an uninteresting article about an interesting person, who sheds light on an interesting culture, about whom and about which probably everyone who's commented in this thread previously knew nothing. In light of that, it strikes me as odd it'd be so divisive.
  - dpark 10y ago
    > And the article that actually was posted makes for a very workable entrée into all of the above, especially if you take the time to follow links from it or otherwise investigate. I would not consider the article a "workable entrée" into any of those topics. Yes, I could do my own investigation into each of those things, but this article doesn't help much with that, nor does it manage to make me interested in any of those things. You can't expect people to read a bad article and then say "well, that was boring, but I bet if I follow every link here I'll eventually find something worth my time". > You're right! But that's excused by the fact that it's an uninteresting article about an interesting person, who sheds light on an interesting culture, about whom and about which probably everyone who's commented in this thread previously knew nothing. In light of that, it strikes me as odd it'd be so divisive. I don't agree. A poor article is not excused by having an interesting subject. A poor article will make a subject seem uninteresting, which is what happened here.
xenihn 10y ago
You are putting way too much effort into this discussion and care about this way too much. 7 posts in this thread in the last hour, geez. Just drop it and move on. You're being silly.
- throwanem 10y ago
  You're right. Between SJWs and anti-SJWs it is pretty much impossible to have a substantial conversation here. That's a shame, and it shouldn't take somebody else pointing it out for me to notice.

astrodust 10y ago

I'm not suggesting you should post this comment, or that you should not post this comment, I'm just saying it's not interesting to read. There are literally 3.52 billion people on the internet that could comment here but I don't feel obligated to listen to any one of them.