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>Basically have some empathy Why doesn't the person im supposed to empathise with instead empathise with his opponent and not throw a tantrum?
by jon_elbrook 7y ago
>Basically have some empathy
Why doesn't the person im supposed to empathise with instead empathise with his opponent and not throw a tantrum?
- vageli 7y ago> >Basically have some empathy > Why doesn't the person im supposed to empathise with instead empathise with his opponent and not throw a tantrum? Because he's a kid and we often have differing expectations for children than we do adults.
- BoorishBears 7y agoBecause it’s literally a child playing at a global level? How many of us could handle that kind of pressure at his age?
- jon_elbrook 7y agohe's 16, a child is defined as somebody before puberty. stop infantilising others.
- BoorishBears 7y agoYou're the one coming across as an infant here.
- asudosandwich 7y agoThat’s a reason for the sympathy.
- __s 7y agoThat'd be ideal, but you only control yourself. Empathisizing with someone doesn't mean you have to agree with them. It just means you don't need to call them out on it months later on a random HN thread when they've come around with a nice result. Maybe it'd be relevant if this article was about another argument with event moderators
- __s 7y agoAlso, here's Carlsen having a mature response to it: https://youtu.be/2sWVmVhBKSw?t=157 https://youtu.be/2sWVmVhBKSw?t=157