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If Facebook is detrimental to your mental health you're probably a snowflake and should delete facebook.
by newcombinator 8y ago
If Facebook is detrimental to your mental health you're probably a snowflake and should delete facebook.
- kazinator 8y agoNo, just a "flake". A "snowflake" (slang much newer than "flake") is someone who has an inflated sense of entitlement and uniqueness. Though it does seem that "snowflake" has recently evolved in a way that there is some overlap with "flake" (emotionally sheltered, easily distressed by ideas running contrary to one's world view).
- dang 8y agoCould you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? We ban accounts that do that, and you've already done it more than once. In addition to https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, you might find these links helpful for getting an idea of the spirit of this site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html