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That was a lot of effort for such an odd, empty, dialogue.
by _eht 7y ago
That was a lot of effort for such an odd, empty, dialogue.
- kragen 7y agoDo you agree with me about what would happen in a case like this, and just think I've explained it badly? Or do you disagree with my actual reasoning, and if so, what do you think would happen instead?
- craftinator 7y agoYa know, therapy is actually relatively cheap now a days.
- kragen 7y agoThat reply really falls short of engaging in any actual reasoning, to say nothing of civility — can't you do any better than that? I explained in some detail why police don't ignore anonymous bomb threats, and your only response is to try to insult me. This is disappointing and does not rise to the level of conversation I expect to see on this site.
- craftinator 7y agoOh, you're right. It was a personal attack based on just how weird your fictional dialogue was, but personal attacks are anathema on HN. I apologise for mixing up platform social norms.
- kragen 7y agoPlease atone by responding to it with a thoughtful critique of my outline of the incentive structures of the different actors in the situation, or of my presentation thereof, even if you don't normally do such things. I know that's hard work, and you may doubt you can do it, but I have faith in you.
- craftinator 7y agoRead the names of the actors in your dialog. I'm less concerned with the incentive structure that you outline, and more concerned with the implicit negative bias you assign to them all and how that changes the narrative. Let's have a look: IDIOT ANCHORPERSON COVERED IN MAKEUP LOSER IN A SUIT WIFE-BEATER IN A MUSTACHE PANCAKE-THICK MAKEUP FACE How is it that you planned to construct a useful dialogical analogy with such disparaging character names. It seems you are less interested in illustrating incentive structures than you are in shaming fictional characters. This is why I recommended therapy.
- mindslight 7y agoIt's a decent illustration of how nobody in that emergent clusterfuck is particularly noble.
- craftinator 7y agoWhen all of the characters in the dialogue are named so ignobly from the start, it kind of forces the narrative...