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Mean is psychologically manipulating people, pimping out a dying loved one to raise money for a startup. I employed a rhetorical device called “hyperbole” to sh
by aiyodev 7y ago
Mean is psychologically manipulating people, pimping out a dying loved one to raise money for a startup. I employed a rhetorical device called “hyperbole” to show you how your post comes off. I thought this was a cool story until I read this line. As someone who has lost loved ones, I cannot imagine exploiting their condition, reducing their life to an advertisement, for money or internet points. And I resent those that would. I have a grandmother with dementia and was considering showing your service to my wife until I read that line. Something to keep in mind.
- aacook 7y agoI'm not raising money and this is a bootstrapped product. FWIW, those questions were things she asked me every time she saw me, not the last time she saw me.
- aiyodev 7y agoYou’re missing the point. You Nana is a human being, not merely a character in the story of your startup. No person should be treated like this.
- GranPC 7y agoNo person should be treated the way you are treating aacook.
- dang 7y agoYour comments in this thread have been egregious personal attack. I don't want to ban you again, but if you treat fellow users on this site this badly again—attacking someone over his grandmother, for heaven's sake—we'll have no choice. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart from now on? Note how they include: "Be kind."
- aiyodev 7y agoI understand where you’re coming from. But you need to understand HE attacked MY grandmother and every other person suffering from dementia. Why the hell does HN allow his comments but not mine? He gets a pass because he owns a startup? I’m absolutely livid that you allow this double standard.
- dang 7y agoHe didn't attack your grandmother in any way. That's the sort of thing one feels when one is livid. HN is not a good place to post during living periods.