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I'm happy to explain. Let's start with the fundamentals: Do you understand that the meaning of a word is dependent on its context?

chrisseaton 6y ago
I think you're deliberately trolling me so I'm not going to keep responding.
- mbrameld 6y ago
  Your initial confusion was understandable. You said you didn't see how pensions and unions were related. Someone explained to you that most people with pensions in the US are union members. You then said most professionals have a pension but not many are in a union. At that point you revealed the source of your confusion: you don't understand the meaning of the word pension in this context. So somebody else helpfully told you, "When talking about pensions in the USA, people are usually referring to retirement plans where the employer says something roughly like "when you retire, we will pay 80% of your salary". or "when you retire, we will pay you X/month". The responsibility is on the employer to ensure that money is around when you retire." That should have been it. That should have cleared up your confusion by clarifying exactly which definition of pension was being used. You then insisted that a 401k was a pension after being told explicitly that wasn't the type of pension being discussed. What was your point there? Edit: I thought you weren't going to respond? Don't go away mad...
  - chrisseaton 6y ago
    > Chris Seaton, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify... Not sure why you keep repeating my name and job like you're trying to dox me for asking a question about pensions... and it's in my HN Profile and my name is my username, you're not a genius for finding it out.
    - mbrameld 6y ago
      How am I doxing you if it's in your profile? People use names and titles in conversations the same way a 401k is a pension. I'm not sure you're qualified to judge genius. None of this is because you asked a question about pensions, is that honestly what you believe? Just in case it is: this is because you continue to insist that a 401k is a pension when it is not in this context.
      - chrisseaton 6y ago
        > How am I doxing you if it's in your profile? That's what I just said... but why do you keep copy and pasting it into your comments and then deleting it? I really don't know what your problem is. But people can see you editing your comments so they know what you're writing even if you remove it later. People can also see you trawling through my comments to reply to unrelated things. For this reason I've flagged you - looks like other people are as well as your comments are showing up flagged now.
        mbrameld 6y ago
        I guess that's easier than admitting you're wrong. It's telling that you refuse to answer the questions that would illuminate your error. You asked me to explain it to you, why won't you let me?

chrisseaton 6y ago

I think you're deliberately trolling me so I'm not going to keep responding.

mbrameld 6y ago
Your initial confusion was understandable. You said you didn't see how pensions and unions were related. Someone explained to you that most people with pensions in the US are union members. You then said most professionals have a pension but not many are in a union. At that point you revealed the source of your confusion: you don't understand the meaning of the word pension in this context. So somebody else helpfully told you, "When talking about pensions in the USA, people are usually referring to retirement plans where the employer says something roughly like "when you retire, we will pay 80% of your salary". or "when you retire, we will pay you X/month". The responsibility is on the employer to ensure that money is around when you retire." That should have been it. That should have cleared up your confusion by clarifying exactly which definition of pension was being used. You then insisted that a 401k was a pension after being told explicitly that wasn't the type of pension being discussed. What was your point there? Edit: I thought you weren't going to respond? Don't go away mad...
- chrisseaton 6y ago
  > Chris Seaton, Senior Staff Engineer at Shopify... Not sure why you keep repeating my name and job like you're trying to dox me for asking a question about pensions... and it's in my HN Profile and my name is my username, you're not a genius for finding it out.
  - mbrameld 6y ago
    How am I doxing you if it's in your profile? People use names and titles in conversations the same way a 401k is a pension. I'm not sure you're qualified to judge genius. None of this is because you asked a question about pensions, is that honestly what you believe? Just in case it is: this is because you continue to insist that a 401k is a pension when it is not in this context.
    - chrisseaton 6y ago
      > How am I doxing you if it's in your profile? That's what I just said... but why do you keep copy and pasting it into your comments and then deleting it? I really don't know what your problem is. But people can see you editing your comments so they know what you're writing even if you remove it later. People can also see you trawling through my comments to reply to unrelated things. For this reason I've flagged you - looks like other people are as well as your comments are showing up flagged now.
      - mbrameld 6y ago
        I guess that's easier than admitting you're wrong. It's telling that you refuse to answer the questions that would illuminate your error. You asked me to explain it to you, why won't you let me?