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>they’re likely living better than John D. Rockefeller did When you make absurd conclusions, you should examine your premises.
by ABCLAW 9y ago
>they’re likely living better than John D. Rockefeller did
When you make absurd conclusions, you should examine your premises.
- johnwheeler 9y agoOn a material basis, not absurd at all. I mean, air conditioning is pretty damn amazing as is electric power (which was non existant for much of Rockefeller’s life). The Haber process for nitrogen based fertilizer, the list goes on and on.
- ABCLAW 9y agoIt is absurd. Obscenely absurd. Rockefeller could literally pay an army of people to fan him with palm leaves, make sorbet from the ol' ice house and make him fresh iced tea as he walked around town if he wanted. What the fuck does Rockefeller care if the carrying capacity of agricultural land increases due to the Haber process if his personal consumption would remain the five-star best-in-class ingredients for every meal he ever has if he so chooses. He doesn't care about the mean's position. He is the tail. The existence of air conditioning and the Haber process doesn't make the life of the working poor better than his.
- johnwheeler 9y agohyperbole and nonsense
- dang 9y agoThis obviously breaks the site guidelines and is not welcome here. We ban accounts that do flamewars and name-calling in HN comments so please (re-)read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't do this again.
- ABCLAW 9y agoVacuous and Naive. Sorry, for that, but is throwing insults really how discussion is supposed to be done?
- dang 9y agoI'm afraid you threw your share around too. Flamewar is exactly how not to respond to an annoying comment on HN, regardless of how annoying it is. If you can't remain civil and substantive, please don't post. Read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and you'll see what the recommendation is for reacting to egregious comments: flag them.
- ABCLAW 9y agoSorry! Didn't see the flag controls. Thanks for the heads up. Post wasn't intended to insult, just demonstrate how silly it seemed as a response.
- chickenfries 9y agoYou're really not interested in defending your ideas to anyone who doesn't immediate agree with your absurd conclusion that everyone should want to trade places with John Rockefeller.