3 ms·

How fast can I kill all my karma by pointing out that the 3 of the top 4 articles on HN are some realization that Facebook does not give an ef about anybody's p

How fast can I kill all my karma by pointing out that the 3 of the top 4 articles on HN are some realization that Facebook does not give an ef about anybody's privacy?

deleted 9y ago
[deleted]
asfasgasg 9y ago
The most damage you'll do is -4 points per instance of this comment. So, not that fast. I do think the hysteria is getting to be a bit much, though. We get it. Also, Zuck is not going to run for President. I really doubt he ever was.
- Yetanfou 9y ago
  Need I remind you the same was said about Trump when people mentioned he might run for president? How about Reagan? Any US-born citizen can run for president, claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion. As to whether he'd stand a chance mostly depends on who he'd be running against, there have been plenty of candidates where it would not be inconceivable for people to vote for him as being the least bad of the set.
  - asfasgasg 9y ago
    > claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion Recall that "never will" is a colloquialism for "very unlikely will." I wouldn't call that assertion delusional. The word I'd use is, "probably correct." You picked two examples of unlikely candidates who did actually run. But most unlikely candidates don't ever actually run! They just don't come to mind because they didn't run.
    - Yetanfou 9y ago
      Never means never, songs have been written about this [1]. Words have meaning, words have power; if the idea was to say 'unlikely' it would have been just as easy to say 'It is highly unlikely that Zuck...'. Given Zuck's power - or money, but money equals power so it doesn't make much sense to separate the two - I do not consider it unlikely for him to run for president if he feels the inclination for doing so. His chance of winning wholly depends on who he'd be running against. Given his lack of charisma his chances would not be high but the saying 'in the land of the blind one-eye is king' still holds. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw Ne dit jamais, jamais.
      - asfasgasg 9y ago
        Oh, well, if a song has been written about it. Next you're going to be telling me about yellow submarines and octopuses' gardens.
rando444 9y ago
I would think pretty fast since you don't seem to be attempting to make a point or argument of any kind.

How fast can I kill all my karma by pointing out that the 3 of the top 4 articles on HN are some realization that Facebook does not give an ef about anybody's privacy?

deleted 9y ago

[deleted]

asfasgasg 9y ago

The most damage you'll do is -4 points per instance of this comment. So, not that fast. I do think the hysteria is getting to be a bit much, though. We get it. Also, Zuck is not going to run for President. I really doubt he ever was.

Yetanfou 9y ago
Need I remind you the same was said about Trump when people mentioned he might run for president? How about Reagan? Any US-born citizen can run for president, claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion. As to whether he'd stand a chance mostly depends on who he'd be running against, there have been plenty of candidates where it would not be inconceivable for people to vote for him as being the least bad of the set.
- asfasgasg 9y ago
  > claiming that someone in his position never will is at best wishful thinking, at worst self-delusion Recall that "never will" is a colloquialism for "very unlikely will." I wouldn't call that assertion delusional. The word I'd use is, "probably correct." You picked two examples of unlikely candidates who did actually run. But most unlikely candidates don't ever actually run! They just don't come to mind because they didn't run.
  - Yetanfou 9y ago
    Never means never, songs have been written about this [1]. Words have meaning, words have power; if the idea was to say 'unlikely' it would have been just as easy to say 'It is highly unlikely that Zuck...'. Given Zuck's power - or money, but money equals power so it doesn't make much sense to separate the two - I do not consider it unlikely for him to run for president if he feels the inclination for doing so. His chance of winning wholly depends on who he'd be running against. Given his lack of charisma his chances would not be high but the saying 'in the land of the blind one-eye is king' still holds. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFSEf-9Xqw Ne dit jamais, jamais.
    - asfasgasg 9y ago
      Oh, well, if a song has been written about it. Next you're going to be telling me about yellow submarines and octopuses' gardens.

rando444 9y ago

I would think pretty fast since you don't seem to be attempting to make a point or argument of any kind.