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> Earning a lot of money is a pretty damn good proxy for contributing to society. What a weird reality tunnel you inhabit.

jshevek 9y ago
This comment contributes nothing, but insults another for their worldview.
- bjl 9y ago
  Why shouldn't we insult myopic, damaging worldviews like the OP's?
  - andrepd 9y ago
    You could, but you could also explain why they're myopic and damaging. I realize it's obvious to you but for the people in general the impression that it passes is that you don't have arguments and resort to name-calling. Seeing as you probably actually have good points to make, it's a shame that this is what transpires.
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    You shouldn't do it on HN, because it's noise rather than substantive discourse.
  - dang 9y ago
    Because you all got trolled, which produces the most tedious kind of thread there is.
- gnaritas 9y ago
  Pointing out to someone that you don't share their worldview and in fact find it weird does contribute something, hopefully it pops their little bubble of thinking everyone agrees with them. And no, I didn't insult him, I said his reality tunnel is weird; that you can't tell the difference between insulting a person and commenting on their worldview says a lot about you. You can respect people without respecting their beliefs, you are not your beliefs, no ideas are beyond criticism.
dang 9y ago
Your comments in this thread have unfortunately stepped back into incivility, which you have a long history of doing on HN and we have a long history of warning you about. Fortunately you've mostly fixed this on HN, though not entirely. Please make the adjustments needed to correct this so I don't have to starting pleading with you not to get banned all over again. (Also, please don't feed trolls. The thing to do with accounts like that is to flag their comments so we can ban them—not pour fuel onto the flamewar.)
- gnaritas 9y ago
  I thought I've been being quite civil, but OK, I'll lighten it up some more.
  - dang 9y ago
    Appreciated!
    - gnaritas 9y ago
      Would you mind removing the slow ban?
      - dang 9y ago
        Not sure what that term means, but your account was rate-limited. Yes—I've turned that off.
        gnaritas 9y ago
        Yup that's what I meant; thanks.

jshevek 9y ago

This comment contributes nothing, but insults another for their worldview.

bjl 9y ago
Why shouldn't we insult myopic, damaging worldviews like the OP's?
- andrepd 9y ago
  You could, but you could also explain why they're myopic and damaging. I realize it's obvious to you but for the people in general the impression that it passes is that you don't have arguments and resort to name-calling. Seeing as you probably actually have good points to make, it's a shame that this is what transpires.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  You shouldn't do it on HN, because it's noise rather than substantive discourse.
- dang 9y ago
  Because you all got trolled, which produces the most tedious kind of thread there is.
gnaritas 9y ago
Pointing out to someone that you don't share their worldview and in fact find it weird does contribute something, hopefully it pops their little bubble of thinking everyone agrees with them. And no, I didn't insult him, I said his reality tunnel is weird; that you can't tell the difference between insulting a person and commenting on their worldview says a lot about you. You can respect people without respecting their beliefs, you are not your beliefs, no ideas are beyond criticism.

dang 9y ago

Your comments in this thread have unfortunately stepped back into incivility, which you have a long history of doing on HN and we have a long history of warning you about. Fortunately you've mostly fixed this on HN, though not entirely. Please make the adjustments needed to correct this so I don't have to starting pleading with you not to get banned all over again. (Also, please don't feed trolls. The thing to do with accounts like that is to flag their comments so we can ban them—not pour fuel onto the flamewar.)

gnaritas 9y ago
I thought I've been being quite civil, but OK, I'll lighten it up some more.
- dang 9y ago
  Appreciated!
  - gnaritas 9y ago
    Would you mind removing the slow ban?
    - dang 9y ago
      Not sure what that term means, but your account was rate-limited. Yes—I've turned that off.
      - gnaritas 9y ago
        Yup that's what I meant; thanks.