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When I read comments like yours, I really wonder if you realize how much of an exaggeration you're making or if hyperbole has become so ingrained in how you exp
by saas_sam 9y ago
When I read comments like yours, I really wonder if you realize how much of an exaggeration you're making or if hyperbole has become so ingrained in how you express yourself that you genuinely believe such extreme statements as "
In the US, criminal justice is almost exclusively about inflicting maximum pain and suffering..." Like, have you SEEN prisons in Mexico? Cuba? Russia?
Here, I'll finish the rest of this exchange for us:
You: "I can't BELIEVE you are comparing the U.S. to less prosperous countries and Russia, run by a criminal. This goes to show you how terrible America is! Don't you care about pain and suffering? Don't you want criminals to be able to reform?!"
Me: "Yeah that's not what I was talking about. My point is that you are exaggerating to an absurd degree about how bad US prisons are."
You: <continues to not respond to my point, accuse me of character flaws, shoehorns in more tangential political points>
There, saved us both the time.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't do flamewars on Hacker News. It's just what we don't want here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- saas_sam 9y agoMy comment was borderline at best, far from a "flamewar." I mean good lord, my comment would be top 1% nicest posts on /r/politics. But whatever, sure, noted.
- dang 9y agoPlease read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and raise your standards by a few orders of magnitude.
- saas_sam 9y ago"Few orders of magnitude" huh. See how hard it is to resist throwing in your own little jab at people online? Let's both read them and reflect on how we can be better netizens. "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
- dang 9y agoI didn't mean it as a jab at you, more as a wry nod to Reddit. The 'wry nod to Reddit' genre is an ancient HN tradition. But I see your point, and you're right that it's hard for me to follow the guidelines too. It's work that we all need to do.
- studio_monolith 9y agoThis mod is a joke just move on