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Some people on HN are dicks sometimes. You weren't asked to judge him, I don't even think he wanted your sympathy. Read and enjoy, take what you need to take fr

by geoffw8 16y ago

Some people on HN are dicks sometimes. You weren't asked to judge him, I don't even think he wanted your sympathy. Read and enjoy, take what you need to take from it, and leave the rest. One of my key takeaways was that he's since come a long way, are your feelings aimed at him 10 years ago? Doesn't read like that. I for one enjoyed it, and look forwards to the next installment landing in my inbox. Genuinely, I don't understand how or why someone would read that post, and think to write the words you wrote. Full-circle: you came off like an ass.

apotheon 16y ago
When did I say that he wanted my sympathy? I explained something, from my point of view, about the character of the tale -- which is pretty much what everyone else here is doing, when not just asking questions. Are you such a fan of the man that you cannot accept that? Am I not allowed to engage in discussion here just because my opinion of how he came off in the story differs from yours? > Full-circle: you came off like an ass. Fair enough. Maybe it looks that way to you. Too bad for me. Your "sit down and shut up" routine makes you look a bit worse than merely abrasive judgment of his self-portrayal, though -- at least in my opinion.
- geoffw8 16y ago
  My routine isn't sit down shut up (Did you just assume that?) I just think you said something that didn't need to be said. The second piece, "how he came off in the story" is almost my exact point: I don't really see how your opinion on how he came off is valuable, unless your really going to delve into some psychological reasoning, use an anecdote or note a similar example - which you didn't. HN is for intelligent discussion i.e. value, not how you thought the guy came off. Maybe if you'd have made a REAL comment, i.e. "hey, seems like a bumpy ride but it sure does seem like persistence prevails. [enter your comment here]" then it would have been fine. But as it was, you just attacked him personally based on what you read in that post. Maybe its just a lesson in looking at things from other peoples perspectives, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought what I thought.

by geoffw8 16y ago

apotheon 16y ago

When did I say that he wanted my sympathy? I explained something, from my point of view, about the character of the tale -- which is pretty much what everyone else here is doing, when not just asking questions. Are you such a fan of the man that you cannot accept that? Am I not allowed to engage in discussion here just because my opinion of how he came off in the story differs from yours? > Full-circle: you came off like an ass. Fair enough. Maybe it looks that way to you. Too bad for me. Your "sit down and shut up" routine makes you look a bit worse than merely abrasive judgment of his self-portrayal, though -- at least in my opinion.

geoffw8 16y ago
My routine isn't sit down shut up (Did you just assume that?) I just think you said something that didn't need to be said. The second piece, "how he came off in the story" is almost my exact point: I don't really see how your opinion on how he came off is valuable, unless your really going to delve into some psychological reasoning, use an anecdote or note a similar example - which you didn't. HN is for intelligent discussion i.e. value, not how you thought the guy came off. Maybe if you'd have made a REAL comment, i.e. "hey, seems like a bumpy ride but it sure does seem like persistence prevails. [enter your comment here]" then it would have been fine. But as it was, you just attacked him personally based on what you read in that post. Maybe its just a lesson in looking at things from other peoples perspectives, I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought what I thought.