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Good luck.

by and0 9y ago

Good luck.

mistermann 9y ago
If you find yourself having similar problems with numerous people, you might want to consider the possibility that perhaps you should consider viewing the world from a different perspective. It's not easy, but it's possible.
- and0 9y ago
  I can think of plenty of rooms I could walk into right now (or throughout history) and not have anyone agree with me on something I care about. I don't consider this a problem, in most of those scenarios. I'd recommend you take your own advice. You didn't even try to read anything I posted, and you sure as hell aren't applying the same critical thinking to shoot down the insane ramblings in the original memo. Enjoy your privilege, enjoy your current power. Make sure anyone who questions the order of things that grant you all this do so only in a manner you find agreeable, not that it would change your mind or anything. I'm not going to pretend you're doing this in good faith any longer. Fuck, why do I bother on this site?
- dang 9y ago
  Would you please stop posting personally condescending remarks toward people you disagree with? Regardless of how wrong they are, or seem, you're degrading the quality of the site by doing this. Admittedly there is a whole lot of degrading going on in the current conflagration, but you've done this a whole bunch of times and it's definitely not helping.
  - mistermann 9y ago
    Ok, I shall try to adopt a turn-the-other-cheek approach going forward. I am somewhat curious why you've singled me out though, considering the specifics of the conversations I'm involved in.
    - dang 9y ago
      Thanks—that's just the approach we're hoping for. If you're thinking it might be because we secretly disagree with you, I assure you that (sadly for us) everyone always thinks this. It's an artifact of randomness: we see a mostly-random sample of the comments here, since there are far too many for us to read. HN's moderation principles are consistent, but because of this quantity it's impossible to apply them across the entire corpus of posts, so you're always going to see examples of people getting away with worse in the neighborhood. Also, I post most of these moderation comments and happen to have been dealing with an extraneous emergency (two in fact) during the exact period of the recent flamewar hurricane. Them's the breaks. Am ramping back to normal now, so the moderation comments will soon be thicker and faster.
      - mistermann 9y ago
        That seems reasonable. These topics do always tend to degrade to chaos, human nature sometimes overpowers intention.
    - jshevek 9y ago
      He did also comment on and0's post as well.
    - deleted 9y ago
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Good luck.

by and0 9y ago

Good luck.

If you find yourself having similar problems with numerous people, you might want to consider the possibility that perhaps you should consider viewing the world from a different perspective. It's not easy, but it's possible.

and0 9y ago
I can think of plenty of rooms I could walk into right now (or throughout history) and not have anyone agree with me on something I care about. I don't consider this a problem, in most of those scenarios. I'd recommend you take your own advice. You didn't even try to read anything I posted, and you sure as hell aren't applying the same critical thinking to shoot down the insane ramblings in the original memo. Enjoy your privilege, enjoy your current power. Make sure anyone who questions the order of things that grant you all this do so only in a manner you find agreeable, not that it would change your mind or anything. I'm not going to pretend you're doing this in good faith any longer. Fuck, why do I bother on this site?
dang 9y ago
Would you please stop posting personally condescending remarks toward people you disagree with? Regardless of how wrong they are, or seem, you're degrading the quality of the site by doing this. Admittedly there is a whole lot of degrading going on in the current conflagration, but you've done this a whole bunch of times and it's definitely not helping.
- mistermann 9y ago
  Ok, I shall try to adopt a turn-the-other-cheek approach going forward. I am somewhat curious why you've singled me out though, considering the specifics of the conversations I'm involved in.
  - dang 9y ago
    Thanks—that's just the approach we're hoping for. If you're thinking it might be because we secretly disagree with you, I assure you that (sadly for us) everyone always thinks this. It's an artifact of randomness: we see a mostly-random sample of the comments here, since there are far too many for us to read. HN's moderation principles are consistent, but because of this quantity it's impossible to apply them across the entire corpus of posts, so you're always going to see examples of people getting away with worse in the neighborhood. Also, I post most of these moderation comments and happen to have been dealing with an extraneous emergency (two in fact) during the exact period of the recent flamewar hurricane. Them's the breaks. Am ramping back to normal now, so the moderation comments will soon be thicker and faster.
    - mistermann 9y ago
      That seems reasonable. These topics do always tend to degrade to chaos, human nature sometimes overpowers intention.
  - jshevek 9y ago
    He did also comment on and0's post as well.
  - deleted 9y ago
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