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What does "probably" mean here? Does it mean "Here is the evidence-based argument why this is more plausible than that," or does it mean "I would be happier bel
by geofft 6y ago
What does "probably" mean here? Does it mean "Here is the evidence-based argument why this is more plausible than that," or does it mean "I would be happier believing this than that"?
- bhfasdhjgdgsuyv 6y agoIt's part of HN's tradition of gaslighting victims of demographically-targeted violence by ignoring any kind of context and pedantically claiming "it couldn't possibly have been $bad_thing". Of course, because being contrarian is more important than learning about the history of LGBT abuse.
- Pfhreak 6y agoThank you for this. I expect you'll get down voted or flagged, but my experience as a queer person on hn had absolutely been full of exactly what you describe.
- bhfasdhjgdgsuyv 6y agoIt started out that way (you might have noticed this is a throwaway), but it seems this resonated with people.
- foldr 6y agoVery much this. Do you have an ubsubstantiated conspiracy theory about the evil machinations of bigcorp? Congratulations - upvotes for your wisdom. An actual report of your lived experience of homophobia/racism/sexism/whatever? Hmm, are you sure it's not just in your imagination?
- bhfasdhjgdgsuyv 6y agoIt's nice to not know it's not _actually_ just my imagination haha.
- textfiles 6y agoSeconded.