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Did you seriously read "older" and think of yourself at 35?
by throwaway1492 7y ago
Did you seriously read "older" and think of yourself at 35?
- ScottFree 7y agoI'm not the youngest person to post in this thread. Did you have a point or did you forget your medication again?
- dang 7y agoWhoa. please don't cross into personal attack. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ScottFree 7y agoSo other people can attack me with impunity and I can't respond at all? I thought my response was mild compared to the original comment.
- dang 7y agoI didn't read that comment as attacking you, but rather as a variation of what older people always say to younger people: "you think that's old? you're just a kid". It's a cliché, but it isn't mean. It's basically a kind-hearted way of pointing out that the younger person has a lot of life ahead, with a touch of wistfulness about their own case. And they in turn get the same treatment from their own elders. Of course I don't know what the GP actually meant, but this is where one can follow the site guideline that asks "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." By contrast, charitable interpretation can't do very much with "did you have a point or did you forget your medication again". That's why I gave the moderation reply to you rather than to the GP.