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Have you had a bad experience with spirituality or something? You sound hella mad my friend and it's not a good look. People invested their time and effort in

Have you had a bad experience with spirituality or something? You sound hella mad my friend and it's not a good look. People invested their time and effort in this course. The least you can do is be grateful that there are such people on the planet who care about the wellbeing of others.

shittyadmin 7y ago
Who hasn't had a bad experience with spirituality? This is the same kind of thing that's used to promote anti-vax campaigns and scam people out of thousands of dollars for fake medical treatments.
- saghm 7y ago
  I think a lot of people have had both positive and negative experiences with spirituality (which I want to emphasize is not synonymous with "religion", which I think provokes stronger emotions for a lot of people). Similarly, I've had both good and bad experiences with public transportation, which I think is also fairly common. There are plenty of things that I've had bad experiences with that I still find useful due to other experiences that were better.
sridca 7y ago
Why not just intelligently respond to my questions/ comments instead of projecting your feelings ("hella mad") onto me? Did what I write offend any of your sensibilities?
- ohyeshedid 7y ago
  You inserted the concept of spirituality in an attempt to take some kind of stance; that was never present. You fabricated that, then complained when you were downvoted for being obtuse, and you keep complaining about lack of intelligent discourse while ignorantly hammering at a point that doesn't exist here.
  - sridca 7y ago
    > You inserted the concept of spirituality in an attempt to take some kind of stance; that was never present. Incorrect. Gratitude, along with other meditative practices, is a spiritual notion. > You fabricated that Fabricated what exactly? Quote the exact words I wrote. > then complained when you were downvoted for being obtuse, If what I wrote was obtuse, the intelligent response is to ask for clarification instead of emotionally lashing out onto me with downvotes, sarcasm and projections. > and you keep complaining about lack of intelligent discourse Indeed. Just for one example, where is intelligent discourse in your comment? Do you have anything to say directly in response to what I actually wrote? Instead you are just trying in vain to intuit what "stance" I take. > while ignorantly hammering at a point that doesn't exist here. What point is it that I am "ignorantly hammering"?
    - dang 7y ago
      Would you please stop with this flamewar? You've posted 20 times in this thread already and taken it way beyond pale. HN isn't for this kind of thing, so please don't do it here again. Edit: I had to warn you about this just two days ago. If you keep doing it we are going to have to ban you, so please review the site guidelines and don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
      - sridca 7y ago
        Look, just because a handful of commenters reacted in heated fashion to my comment does not make it a flamewar. Have you actually read this thread? You may want to reevaluate your moderation abilities. I'm not going to compromise on my principles, so go ahead and ban me (I see that you have already put a posting limit on my account).

shittyadmin 7y ago

Who hasn't had a bad experience with spirituality? This is the same kind of thing that's used to promote anti-vax campaigns and scam people out of thousands of dollars for fake medical treatments.

saghm 7y ago
I think a lot of people have had both positive and negative experiences with spirituality (which I want to emphasize is not synonymous with "religion", which I think provokes stronger emotions for a lot of people). Similarly, I've had both good and bad experiences with public transportation, which I think is also fairly common. There are plenty of things that I've had bad experiences with that I still find useful due to other experiences that were better.

sridca 7y ago

Why not just intelligently respond to my questions/ comments instead of projecting your feelings ("hella mad") onto me? Did what I write offend any of your sensibilities?

ohyeshedid 7y ago
You inserted the concept of spirituality in an attempt to take some kind of stance; that was never present. You fabricated that, then complained when you were downvoted for being obtuse, and you keep complaining about lack of intelligent discourse while ignorantly hammering at a point that doesn't exist here.
- sridca 7y ago
  > You inserted the concept of spirituality in an attempt to take some kind of stance; that was never present. Incorrect. Gratitude, along with other meditative practices, is a spiritual notion. > You fabricated that Fabricated what exactly? Quote the exact words I wrote. > then complained when you were downvoted for being obtuse, If what I wrote was obtuse, the intelligent response is to ask for clarification instead of emotionally lashing out onto me with downvotes, sarcasm and projections. > and you keep complaining about lack of intelligent discourse Indeed. Just for one example, where is intelligent discourse in your comment? Do you have anything to say directly in response to what I actually wrote? Instead you are just trying in vain to intuit what "stance" I take. > while ignorantly hammering at a point that doesn't exist here. What point is it that I am "ignorantly hammering"?
  - dang 7y ago
    Would you please stop with this flamewar? You've posted 20 times in this thread already and taken it way beyond pale. HN isn't for this kind of thing, so please don't do it here again. Edit: I had to warn you about this just two days ago. If you keep doing it we are going to have to ban you, so please review the site guidelines and don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - sridca 7y ago
      Look, just because a handful of commenters reacted in heated fashion to my comment does not make it a flamewar. Have you actually read this thread? You may want to reevaluate your moderation abilities. I'm not going to compromise on my principles, so go ahead and ban me (I see that you have already put a posting limit on my account).