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>Can you give an example of a community, of comparable magnitude, that is more open minded? Exactly; HN is very myopic - to the point of exhibiting aspergers.

by phlux 16y ago

>Can you give an example of a community, of comparable magnitude, that is more open minded? Exactly; HN is very myopic - to the point of exhibiting aspergers. HN actually is too 'geek centric' -- whereby the community here is too focused on looking like the in crowd of the YC/FB alumn... (downvotes welcome)

cynicalkane 16y ago
For the N-hundredth time, "aspergers" is not the same as being a nerd. It's an autism-spectrum condition that carries with it a substantial sensory integration disorder (among other things), which you'll notice most nerds don't posses.
- phlux 16y ago
  point reinforced seeing as your reply was to my HN comment
  - jewbacca 16y ago
    How so? Yes, I understand it is geeky to protest a semantic inaccuracy for spite of which the intended meaning of the original point comes through. But you'll see the same thing on any forum (I've seen people who fail to capitalize the beginnings of sentences loose their shit at spelling errors), and I don't see how cynicalkane's not-unreasonable correction (continuing to use "Asperger's" as a synonym for "Nerd" does get a perpetuate its use as an unhealthy crutch for the socially-awkward neurotypical) trips anything but the most wildly flailing, meat-free interpretations of your protest. To your point itself, very few stories on the front page of HN at any given time have members of HN, or people you would accuse members of HN of playing fawning court to, as participants. Many of them have one or two comments that say "Seriously guys? This isn't Reddit." They're usually buried gray at the bottom, forgotten under a mound of productive discussion on whatever the topic is at hand.
- yxhuvud 16y ago
  Exactly where in what you commented does he equal aspberger with being a nerd? He equates it with being myopic, not geeky.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    Even worse, myopia is an eye condition!
davidw 16y ago
> HN actually is too 'geek centric' Uh, the internet's a big place. If you don't want "geek", then by all means, don't let the door hit you on the way out. That doesn't mean we are all geeks all the time, it means that we don't spam this site with every other thing in our lives. I'm a geek/nerd/whatever, and proud of it, and I have nothing to do with the "in crowd" at YC - I live on the other side of the world.

by phlux 16y ago

cynicalkane 16y ago

For the N-hundredth time, "aspergers" is not the same as being a nerd. It's an autism-spectrum condition that carries with it a substantial sensory integration disorder (among other things), which you'll notice most nerds don't posses.

phlux 16y ago
point reinforced seeing as your reply was to my HN comment
- jewbacca 16y ago
  How so? Yes, I understand it is geeky to protest a semantic inaccuracy for spite of which the intended meaning of the original point comes through. But you'll see the same thing on any forum (I've seen people who fail to capitalize the beginnings of sentences loose their shit at spelling errors), and I don't see how cynicalkane's not-unreasonable correction (continuing to use "Asperger's" as a synonym for "Nerd" does get a perpetuate its use as an unhealthy crutch for the socially-awkward neurotypical) trips anything but the most wildly flailing, meat-free interpretations of your protest. To your point itself, very few stories on the front page of HN at any given time have members of HN, or people you would accuse members of HN of playing fawning court to, as participants. Many of them have one or two comments that say "Seriously guys? This isn't Reddit." They're usually buried gray at the bottom, forgotten under a mound of productive discussion on whatever the topic is at hand.
yxhuvud 16y ago
Exactly where in what you commented does he equal aspberger with being a nerd? He equates it with being myopic, not geeky.
- StavrosK 16y ago
  Even worse, myopia is an eye condition!

davidw 16y ago

> HN actually is too 'geek centric' Uh, the internet's a big place. If you don't want "geek", then by all means, don't let the door hit you on the way out. That doesn't mean we are all geeks all the time, it means that we don't spam this site with every other thing in our lives. I'm a geek/nerd/whatever, and proud of it, and I have nothing to do with the "in crowd" at YC - I live on the other side of the world.