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Nah, I'm not assigning you nefarious intent ("sigh" but i could find it rather interesting that you perceive that I am, if that's how we're doing this now). I'm

Nah, I'm not assigning you nefarious intent ("sigh" but i could find it rather interesting that you perceive that I am, if that's how we're doing this now). I'm saying that it would be less innocent of her to go in with the intent of collecting material, which makes your idle speculation potentially damaging.

ChrisMarshallNY 7y ago
Not at all. I think this is just an example of one of those "differences in culture" that I was mentioning. We seem to have a "combat psyche" in our communications, these days, where we start off from a critical PoV, and degenerate from there; always looking for wrongs and weaknesses. I see this a lot, possibly because I don't hide my age, and may be perceived as "ok boomer." It could also be that I simply come across in a rather "starchy" fashion. That's deliberate. If you knew me personally, you might (possibly) have a different view, as I might, of you. No big deal. I'm getting my comeuppance. I used to be a rather..."pithy" troll, in the UseNet days. I tend to overcompensate for that, these days, and probably come across as "stuffy." I just don't ever want to go back into that cesspit again. That's a big reason that I stick my personal brand on all my work and interactions on the Web. I want to be held to account for what I say. If I say something that offends you, you know where to find me (look at my HN account page). With that said, you actually have a good point. I did not mean it that way, but it's easy to see why it was interpreted that way. I screwed up how I wrote it. However, just because someone misinterprets my intent, does not make their interpretation correct, even if I screwed up the way I wrote it, and encouraged that interpretation. I'll see if I still have time to edit it, and maybe correct it. EDIT: Nope. Too late.

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Nah, I'm not assigning you nefarious intent ("sigh" but i could find it rather interesting that you perceive that I am, if that's how we're doing this now). I'm

by 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago

ChrisMarshallNY 7y ago
Not at all. I think this is just an example of one of those "differences in culture" that I was mentioning. We seem to have a "combat psyche" in our communications, these days, where we start off from a critical PoV, and degenerate from there; always looking for wrongs and weaknesses. I see this a lot, possibly because I don't hide my age, and may be perceived as "ok boomer." It could also be that I simply come across in a rather "starchy" fashion. That's deliberate. If you knew me personally, you might (possibly) have a different view, as I might, of you. No big deal. I'm getting my comeuppance. I used to be a rather..."pithy" troll, in the UseNet days. I tend to overcompensate for that, these days, and probably come across as "stuffy." I just don't ever want to go back into that cesspit again. That's a big reason that I stick my personal brand on all my work and interactions on the Web. I want to be held to account for what I say. If I say something that offends you, you know where to find me (look at my HN account page). With that said, you actually have a good point. I did not mean it that way, but it's easy to see why it was interpreted that way. I screwed up how I wrote it. However, just because someone misinterprets my intent, does not make their interpretation correct, even if I screwed up the way I wrote it, and encouraged that interpretation. I'll see if I still have time to edit it, and maybe correct it. EDIT: Nope. Too late.