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I truly appreciate your response, and I realize it is quite common. However, you'll have to forgive me if I consider you "needy" because I come from the minimal

by 18pfsmt 15y ago

I truly appreciate your response, and I realize it is quite common. However, you'll have to forgive me if I consider you "needy" because I come from the minimalist mindset. I once broke up with a girl I thought I might marry because she turned out to be allergic to bees. I spend far to much time in the back-country to be attached to someone so vulnerable. I am trying to give my true opinion, and I don't think I've made any generalizations or poor logical assumptions, I've just shown how idiosyncratic I am about certain topics. I welcome opinions, and I love intelligent debate. EDIT: Cool. Down-voting for disagreement is not supposed to be how this works[1], but you people can't help yourselves? Grow some balls and make an argument. [1]http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

18pfsmt 15y ago
If you are trying to be part of the HN community and add value, why can't you state your reasons for disagreement?
- 18pfsmt 15y ago
  All I see is down votes. Does anyone have logic to explain the reasoning or does only the fact that you disagree count? This is not what I've come to believe the HN community is about. P.S. The max neg number I have is -2 since you can't see the specifics. Edit: Now (9:50 PM PST) neg 3, no logical response, however.
Klinky 15y ago
Perhaps the downvotes are because your answer really doesn't give a solution. Sending everyone you deem "weak" to a leper colony is not viable. You can't break-up with your child if they are ill with either a typical childhood illness or worse, a chronic condition like, for example a bee allergy, asthma, childhood cancer, celiac disease, crohn's disease, etc...
ansy 15y ago
Your arguments throughout this thread aren't substantive because you're basically giving anecdotal evidence which is worthless. The healthcare industry is enormous. It's a huge political issue in most developed nations. Currently health care spending is 16% of the United States GDP and that is projected to rise much faster than the rate of inflation[1]. You aren't helping yourself by taking an inflammatory and trollish tone. Do you go around to every other thread telling other people what doesn't matter to you as if that's all that matters? "Scala, I haven't programmed any Scala in 20 years, who cares about Scala? Only 8 comments? No surprise, retarded idea." That's pretty much what you sound like right now. [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States#Health_care_spending https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Health_care_i...

by 18pfsmt 15y ago

18pfsmt 15y ago

If you are trying to be part of the HN community and add value, why can't you state your reasons for disagreement?

18pfsmt 15y ago
All I see is down votes. Does anyone have logic to explain the reasoning or does only the fact that you disagree count? This is not what I've come to believe the HN community is about. P.S. The max neg number I have is -2 since you can't see the specifics. Edit: Now (9:50 PM PST) neg 3, no logical response, however.

Klinky 15y ago

Perhaps the downvotes are because your answer really doesn't give a solution. Sending everyone you deem "weak" to a leper colony is not viable. You can't break-up with your child if they are ill with either a typical childhood illness or worse, a chronic condition like, for example a bee allergy, asthma, childhood cancer, celiac disease, crohn's disease, etc...

ansy 15y ago

Your arguments throughout this thread aren't substantive because you're basically giving anecdotal evidence which is worthless. The healthcare industry is enormous. It's a huge political issue in most developed nations. Currently health care spending is 16% of the United States GDP and that is projected to rise much faster than the rate of inflation[1]. You aren't helping yourself by taking an inflammatory and trollish tone. Do you go around to every other thread telling other people what doesn't matter to you as if that's all that matters? "Scala, I haven't programmed any Scala in 20 years, who cares about Scala? Only 8 comments? No surprise, retarded idea." That's pretty much what you sound like right now. [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States#Health_care_spending https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Health_care_i...