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Ok, now I don’t understand what your point is at all. I know all of these words, but I can’t combine them into a coherent thought when arranged in this sequence

Ok, now I don’t understand what your point is at all. I know all of these words, but I can’t combine them into a coherent thought when arranged in this sequence. The best I can figure out is, we’re not supposed to call people “poor” just because they live in bad conditions and have little money, because that is somehow imposing our values on a culture that doesn’t share them?

jsmthrowaway 8y ago
Watch the difference: “Those people up there sleep 15 to a room and have a sustenance existence. They aren’t doing it to be a cultural attraction, they actually have to fish to live. How sad. I immediately ran back to the other people like me to breaking news bulletin that there are other people in the world who don’t obsess about Javascript frameworks and convertible notes.” “I spent some time with indigenous communities who still support themselves the same way they have even before my ancestors hit this continent, and I sat down with them, and listened to stories and partook of their hospitality. I still correspond with some of the friends I met, and I’m rounded out by the perspective I gained in people who are not like me.” Think about why you typed the word “bad” behind conditions, or why aviators typed “sad”. This is the entire crux: it’s bad or sad in your culture and perspective. I dated a lovely woman who descended from the very Inuit tribes you two are hand waving at, and I have met no group of people more generous nor proud of their heritage, while acknowledging the difficulty of integrating into white people customs, than them. There is absolutely no consideration among either of you that you might be lacking perspective, might have something to learn, and instead sit back on your expensive computer judging a group of people you’ve never touched and explaining them. That is completely and irredeemably cancerous, and the continued disingenuous unwillingness of this community to even approach understanding that is making the entire fucking planet worse, especially now that it wields the megaphone of tech to enforce its culture worldwide.
- throwaway894345 8y ago
  > I dated a lovely woman who descended from the very Inuit tribes you two are hand waving at Wow. Just wow. You're bragging about dating an indigenous woman? I find that to be very colonialist and sexist. Your use of their lived experiences to make yourself appear woke is also problematic. I'm just kidding. Could you imagine how insufferably boring I would be if I left comments like these sincerely?
  - jsmthrowaway 8y ago
    I couldn’t imagine it, no, because I care more about the number of hairs on my scrotum than whether you consider me boring or, really, any larger opinion you’d have of me at all. HN opinions of my character are like fruit flies: annoying, tiny, and wholly irrelevant once disposed of appropriately. Thanks for the content-laden rebuttal!
    - dang 8y ago
      You started this flamewar with a vicious personal attack and then elbowed everyone who came near. That's totally unacceptable. Moreover, I'm dismayed to see that you've gotten into other gory flamewars recently, as well as made quite a habit of being uncivil in arguments. Because of this, I've banned your account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mikeash 8y ago
  “Since you’re almost certainly being intentionally obtuse, as usual,” Kindly get bent. You clearly don’t want a conversation or even to be understood, you just want to shout at people so you can feel better.
  - jsmthrowaway 8y ago
    Translated: “I have over 64,000 karma and am somehow surprised I have an unfavorable reputation in a regular reader, and my reaction to that is to get feisty.” You’re right though, I’ll drop that, that was unfair and unnecessary. I apologize.

jsmthrowaway 8y ago

Watch the difference: “Those people up there sleep 15 to a room and have a sustenance existence. They aren’t doing it to be a cultural attraction, they actually have to fish to live. How sad. I immediately ran back to the other people like me to breaking news bulletin that there are other people in the world who don’t obsess about Javascript frameworks and convertible notes.” “I spent some time with indigenous communities who still support themselves the same way they have even before my ancestors hit this continent, and I sat down with them, and listened to stories and partook of their hospitality. I still correspond with some of the friends I met, and I’m rounded out by the perspective I gained in people who are not like me.” Think about why you typed the word “bad” behind conditions, or why aviators typed “sad”. This is the entire crux: it’s bad or sad in your culture and perspective. I dated a lovely woman who descended from the very Inuit tribes you two are hand waving at, and I have met no group of people more generous nor proud of their heritage, while acknowledging the difficulty of integrating into white people customs, than them. There is absolutely no consideration among either of you that you might be lacking perspective, might have something to learn, and instead sit back on your expensive computer judging a group of people you’ve never touched and explaining them. That is completely and irredeemably cancerous, and the continued disingenuous unwillingness of this community to even approach understanding that is making the entire fucking planet worse, especially now that it wields the megaphone of tech to enforce its culture worldwide.

throwaway894345 8y ago
> I dated a lovely woman who descended from the very Inuit tribes you two are hand waving at Wow. Just wow. You're bragging about dating an indigenous woman? I find that to be very colonialist and sexist. Your use of their lived experiences to make yourself appear woke is also problematic. I'm just kidding. Could you imagine how insufferably boring I would be if I left comments like these sincerely?
- jsmthrowaway 8y ago
  I couldn’t imagine it, no, because I care more about the number of hairs on my scrotum than whether you consider me boring or, really, any larger opinion you’d have of me at all. HN opinions of my character are like fruit flies: annoying, tiny, and wholly irrelevant once disposed of appropriately. Thanks for the content-laden rebuttal!
  - dang 8y ago
    You started this flamewar with a vicious personal attack and then elbowed everyone who came near. That's totally unacceptable. Moreover, I'm dismayed to see that you've gotten into other gory flamewars recently, as well as made quite a habit of being uncivil in arguments. Because of this, I've banned your account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
mikeash 8y ago
“Since you’re almost certainly being intentionally obtuse, as usual,” Kindly get bent. You clearly don’t want a conversation or even to be understood, you just want to shout at people so you can feel better.
- jsmthrowaway 8y ago
  Translated: “I have over 64,000 karma and am somehow surprised I have an unfavorable reputation in a regular reader, and my reaction to that is to get feisty.” You’re right though, I’ll drop that, that was unfair and unnecessary. I apologize.