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I'm going to have to ask you to use the phrase "why some people hate you." RIght or wrong, why would I get up in the morning and hat a guy who I have never met
by raganwald 17y ago
I'm going to have to ask you to use the phrase "why some people hate you." RIght or wrong, why would I get up in the morning and hat a guy who I have never met and has so far not done me a bad turn?
Because he admires himself? What is this, Sunday morning church moralizing about the SIn of Pride? This is Hacker News! We pride ourselves on our hacking prowess and startup-fu!! If you want a sin to rail against, it's false modesty.
Jason may be wrong about how smart he is. That's just being wrong about something. It's no more reprehensible than my being wrong about thinking I could raise a son and found a company at the same time (Paul, you were right about my chances even if I have no regrets about my choice).
- jackowayed 17y agoI didn't mean to imply that all people hate him. I just meant that there are (many) people that hate him. I would have said "why everyone hates you" if that's what I meant. But I can see why it would sound like that's what I meant.
- raganwald 17y agoFair enough. And it seems from reading HN you may be right, although I suspect it has more to do with certain choices than with certain words. But looking at my own life I'm in no position to moralize about business ethics, I used to work in sales...