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What do you do then?

DoreenMichele 9y ago
Nothing I want to discuss with someone being openly insulting to me in violation of the guidelines and not apologizing, especially given that two of my comments here have been downvoted to the negatives and your insult has not been flagged to death. I consider that evidence of a hostile atmosphere, which is par for the course and in no way surprising, much to my frustration. I would like to think 8.5 years of proving I am competent, not the attention monger people assume me to be etc would be worth more than that. But it isn't.
- Double_a_92 9y ago
  You didn't even post your opinion on some topic... You just claimed that you are being "ingnored" and "crapped on". But seriously, why do some people insist so much on victimizing themselves? E.g. again in your last comment. You could have posted your view, maybe it really was something amazing that would have blown all my stupid comments away. But no...
  - maze-le 9y ago
    > snowflake melts Its this really nessessary? You could have easily made your point without escalating further...
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    Your entire comment is still just a personal attack. Sometimes, people who feel victimized feel that way because they have been. My other handle us still on the leaderboard. I no longer post under it, but there are people here who are well aware of my 8.5 year posting history and at least part of what I am referring to. I am disappointed in seeing your remark upvoted for changing your ugly two word swipe to a three paragraph marginally more polite attack. For the record: I spent nearly 6 years homeless. I have a life threatening genetic disorder. I am currently broke and have no idea how I will muddle through this month, a common occurrence but one which usually occurs later in the month. I am in this pickle due to a health event which robbed me of the ability to work for the past 2.5 weeks. So I am cranky at the moment. Given that I have long been the top ranked woman on HN and achieved that status while homeless and then made the leaderboard about a month after getting myself off the street, I get pretty fed up with having to constantly behave better than the generally comfortably well off members here while having insults and disrespect heaped upon me under incredibly trying circumstances. I don't have any delusions that you will have a shred of sympathy. It's just 3:10am here and my ability to bite my tongue in the face of so much that is galling is lacking. Hopefully I can sleep soon and decide tomorrow whether continuing to put up with this utter and completely shit treatment from the entire world is something I want to keep doing. I am quite confident most people would have thrown in the towel long ago if faced with the level of bullshit I have had to wade through.
    - Double_a_92 9y ago
      It's not a personal attack... I don't even know you. I literally just read your one single post there. If anything I'm only "attacking" your text there. That single tought that you had in the moment of writing. Nothing more. With the intent of you defending it and explaining it better to me, and maybe come togheter to a better opinion after the discussion. I didn't know you were so sensitive, people here usually aren't. I'm sorry that you have a rough time in your private life. Hope it gets better soon. But that doesn't really matter here now. Anyway, I wish you a good night.
      - zimpenfish 9y ago
        > It's not a personal attack... I don't even know you. That doesn't preclude something being a personal attack, mind. > If anything I'm only "attacking" your text there. "There are people behind the screens."
      - DoreenMichele 9y ago
        "No Patrick... " If this is, indeed, a Spongebob Squarepants reference, it is calling me an idiot. That is the very first thing you did. It never got any better from there, only worse. No, you aren't sorry I am having a hard time. If you were, your first impulse would not be to defend and justify your string of ugly remarks.
        Double_a_92 9y ago
        Not calling YOU as a whole person an idiot... Just saying that your single post there was idiotic, yes. Feel free to be offended about exactly that, but please not about anything more. Otherwise you are basically offending me by indirectly saying I'm an insensitive asshole...

Nothing I want to discuss with someone being openly insulting to me in violation of the guidelines and not apologizing, especially given that two of my comments here have been downvoted to the negatives and your insult has not been flagged to death. I consider that evidence of a hostile atmosphere, which is par for the course and in no way surprising, much to my frustration. I would like to think 8.5 years of proving I am competent, not the attention monger people assume me to be etc would be worth more than that. But it isn't.

Double_a_92 9y ago
You didn't even post your opinion on some topic... You just claimed that you are being "ingnored" and "crapped on". But seriously, why do some people insist so much on victimizing themselves? E.g. again in your last comment. You could have posted your view, maybe it really was something amazing that would have blown all my stupid comments away. But no...
- maze-le 9y ago
  > snowflake melts Its this really nessessary? You could have easily made your point without escalating further...
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  Your entire comment is still just a personal attack. Sometimes, people who feel victimized feel that way because they have been. My other handle us still on the leaderboard. I no longer post under it, but there are people here who are well aware of my 8.5 year posting history and at least part of what I am referring to. I am disappointed in seeing your remark upvoted for changing your ugly two word swipe to a three paragraph marginally more polite attack. For the record: I spent nearly 6 years homeless. I have a life threatening genetic disorder. I am currently broke and have no idea how I will muddle through this month, a common occurrence but one which usually occurs later in the month. I am in this pickle due to a health event which robbed me of the ability to work for the past 2.5 weeks. So I am cranky at the moment. Given that I have long been the top ranked woman on HN and achieved that status while homeless and then made the leaderboard about a month after getting myself off the street, I get pretty fed up with having to constantly behave better than the generally comfortably well off members here while having insults and disrespect heaped upon me under incredibly trying circumstances. I don't have any delusions that you will have a shred of sympathy. It's just 3:10am here and my ability to bite my tongue in the face of so much that is galling is lacking. Hopefully I can sleep soon and decide tomorrow whether continuing to put up with this utter and completely shit treatment from the entire world is something I want to keep doing. I am quite confident most people would have thrown in the towel long ago if faced with the level of bullshit I have had to wade through.
  - Double_a_92 9y ago
    It's not a personal attack... I don't even know you. I literally just read your one single post there. If anything I'm only "attacking" your text there. That single tought that you had in the moment of writing. Nothing more. With the intent of you defending it and explaining it better to me, and maybe come togheter to a better opinion after the discussion. I didn't know you were so sensitive, people here usually aren't. I'm sorry that you have a rough time in your private life. Hope it gets better soon. But that doesn't really matter here now. Anyway, I wish you a good night.
    - zimpenfish 9y ago
      > It's not a personal attack... I don't even know you. That doesn't preclude something being a personal attack, mind. > If anything I'm only "attacking" your text there. "There are people behind the screens."
    - DoreenMichele 9y ago
      "No Patrick... " If this is, indeed, a Spongebob Squarepants reference, it is calling me an idiot. That is the very first thing you did. It never got any better from there, only worse. No, you aren't sorry I am having a hard time. If you were, your first impulse would not be to defend and justify your string of ugly remarks.
      - Double_a_92 9y ago
        Not calling YOU as a whole person an idiot... Just saying that your single post there was idiotic, yes. Feel free to be offended about exactly that, but please not about anything more. Otherwise you are basically offending me by indirectly saying I'm an insensitive asshole...