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What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla? People get injured at work. Maybe not where YOU

by mabufo 8y ago

What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla? People get injured at work. Maybe not where YOU work, but it absolutely happens. Also, the subtext of your comment - that this person OF COURSE would have contacted a news organization if their claim was legitimate is frankly very weird.

dragonwriter 8y ago
> What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla? What I (not the original poster of the comment you are questioning) is that they were injured in the workplace at Tesla as en employee and unable to get anything from Tesla to deal with that, since workers compensation is a bright-line legal requirement for all employers and covers all employees. Now, bureaucratic difficulties dealing with Tesla’s WC insurer resulting in annoying runarounds, poor doctors in inconvenient locations, and disappointing care quality would be credible. Crickets, though, stretches belief.
komali2 8y ago
I am skeptical by default of anything on the internet posted on forums with nothing more than an email requirement. I voice this skepticism because as a hobby I lie on reddit profusely and then track this misinformation, sometimes for years later. I've seen unfactual "memes" spread across reddit like wildfire, such as "eating honey prevents allergies." It's often traceable to a single sub-tree comment in a single popular comment on a popular AskReddit thread. I think people should be more skeptical on the internet, and I think the burden of proof for stories such as the one we're discussing should be higher, considering the internet is being weaponized for psyops, state-state information war, and corporate information war. EDIT: By the way, I think the fact that you are challenging me on this is good, because you are displaying more empathy than me. You're taking "best possible view" of the OP and I personally believe that makes you a better internet person than me. (I promise I'm fun at meatspace parties)
- Semirhage 8y ago
  Is this skepticism consistent? If I browse a few weeks of your comment history, will this tendency to doubt “anything posted on the internet with nothing more than an email requirement” be your norm?
  - komali2 8y ago
    I hope so, but if you were willing to take the time to help me find my biases, I would be more than grateful.
    - Semirhage 8y ago
      I looked, but as far as I can see you’re right, and it’s consistent. That’s really impressive, and I’m sorry for calling you out like that, I was wrong.
- jacquesm 8y ago
  So, let me get this straight: because you are dick and purposefully pollute another forum with lies you think that someone who relates a story about a friend is also automatically a dick and a liar. This comment says a lot more about you than it does about the OP and from now on I will consider everything you write on HN to a lie.
  - carapace 8y ago
    Tut tut, komali2 is performing a valuable service. You're being a boor. It's foolish to believe anything you read on the internet: it's a tissue of lies and propaganda. Something like 83.2% of everyone you talk to online is actually someone else. Why, I myself am a marmoset, but would you ever know it if I hadn't told you?

by mabufo 8y ago

dragonwriter 8y ago

> What are you skeptical about? That this person's friend is actually injured? That it happened because of tesla? What I (not the original poster of the comment you are questioning) is that they were injured in the workplace at Tesla as en employee and unable to get anything from Tesla to deal with that, since workers compensation is a bright-line legal requirement for all employers and covers all employees. Now, bureaucratic difficulties dealing with Tesla’s WC insurer resulting in annoying runarounds, poor doctors in inconvenient locations, and disappointing care quality would be credible. Crickets, though, stretches belief.

komali2 8y ago

I am skeptical by default of anything on the internet posted on forums with nothing more than an email requirement. I voice this skepticism because as a hobby I lie on reddit profusely and then track this misinformation, sometimes for years later. I've seen unfactual "memes" spread across reddit like wildfire, such as "eating honey prevents allergies." It's often traceable to a single sub-tree comment in a single popular comment on a popular AskReddit thread. I think people should be more skeptical on the internet, and I think the burden of proof for stories such as the one we're discussing should be higher, considering the internet is being weaponized for psyops, state-state information war, and corporate information war. EDIT: By the way, I think the fact that you are challenging me on this is good, because you are displaying more empathy than me. You're taking "best possible view" of the OP and I personally believe that makes you a better internet person than me. (I promise I'm fun at meatspace parties)

Semirhage 8y ago
Is this skepticism consistent? If I browse a few weeks of your comment history, will this tendency to doubt “anything posted on the internet with nothing more than an email requirement” be your norm?
- komali2 8y ago
  I hope so, but if you were willing to take the time to help me find my biases, I would be more than grateful.
  - Semirhage 8y ago
    I looked, but as far as I can see you’re right, and it’s consistent. That’s really impressive, and I’m sorry for calling you out like that, I was wrong.
jacquesm 8y ago
So, let me get this straight: because you are dick and purposefully pollute another forum with lies you think that someone who relates a story about a friend is also automatically a dick and a liar. This comment says a lot more about you than it does about the OP and from now on I will consider everything you write on HN to a lie.
- carapace 8y ago
  Tut tut, komali2 is performing a valuable service. You're being a boor. It's foolish to believe anything you read on the internet: it's a tissue of lies and propaganda. Something like 83.2% of everyone you talk to online is actually someone else. Why, I myself am a marmoset, but would you ever know it if I hadn't told you?