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> Can we not even trust people on HN to only speak to what they know about? Not any more than we can trust the old curmudgeons to not beat their knowledge into

> Can we not even trust people on HN to only speak to what they know about? Not any more than we can trust the old curmudgeons to not beat their knowledge into others by force I guess.

AndrewUnmuted 9y ago
I'm not an old curmudgeon - I am a young guy who knows a lot about digital media technologies and their underlying principles. Don't trivialize my specialized knowledge by saying I'm old. The only reason you can watch anything on youtube today is because people like me cared about standards and best practices -- and most importantly, cared about being right about things. Typical "break stuff, stop reading books" mentality of engineers my age. It's sad.
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  "Old curmudgeon" has nothing to do with age, but attitude. You might be young, but doesn't mean you don't have a "get off my lawn" attitude throughout this thread.
  - tomc1985 9y ago
    That matters why?
tomc1985 9y ago
More often than not the old curmudgeons are right, young shits just don't want to accept it
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  I agree completely and am often called a curmudgeon myself. That doesn't mean the attitude isn't off putting to others, even when I myself am doing it.
  - tomc1985 9y ago
    What's wrong with being off-putting? Why do so many seem to want to embrace this disgusting care-bear idea of discourse? A discussion isn't lively without at least one provocateur.