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...so let me get this straight: you are not allowed to make mistakes in your life, because everything is digitally archived nowadays that can backfire at any ti

...so let me get this straight: you are not allowed to make mistakes in your life, because everything is digitally archived nowadays that can backfire at any time?! What happened to * learn from your mistakes * trial and error * getting wiser as you grow up * growing up means talk less and think and act more and all these kinds of questions? Where are we going people? I cannot imagine what young kids go through in this time and day when they do a mistake. Are we forbidden from making something stupid and silly? This is not normal everyone, not normal at all :/

keyanp 6y ago
See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26041829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26041829
- stephen82 6y ago
  Those who downvoted me think I support such behavior; I don't! You know what they say: what goes around, comes around. Those who go after anyone who has a different opinion than theirs, will face their own actions eventually, one way or another. What I have stated is a realization: you are not allowed to make mistakes anymore, because you are immediately condemned; period! This downvoting here proves my point 100%. Welcome to the era of "Cancel everything because we say so".
  - wombatmobile 6y ago
    > Those who downvoted me think I support such behavior; You don't know what those people think. That's the nature of downvoting. All you know is the aggregate score for your comment. That's the nature of this moderated comment system.
  - wildermuthn 6y ago
    It’s hard to write a comment, knowing that ten years from now it will be even easier to pull up everything I have ever done or said, or perhaps even presumed to think. At some point, when everyone’s skeletons come out of the closet, people will become more forgiving and more hopeful that people can change their behaviors. We’ll start judging people on what they can do in the future, not what they did in the past. It’s easy to judge people on their past. It’s much harder to judge people on their unknown future. But we’ll get there.
  - throwmylifawy 6y ago
    Before you become radicalized ask yourself this question: If the culture does not moderate societal behavior, then who will? There is no other tool in a social group, but to cancel those who are extremely out of line. I am sorry to break it to you. If we do not do so, we reinforce toxic and corrupt behavior which is harmful to the group as a whole. I am not sure why we now pretend this is new human behavior.

keyanp 6y ago

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26041829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26041829

stephen82 6y ago
Those who downvoted me think I support such behavior; I don't! You know what they say: what goes around, comes around. Those who go after anyone who has a different opinion than theirs, will face their own actions eventually, one way or another. What I have stated is a realization: you are not allowed to make mistakes anymore, because you are immediately condemned; period! This downvoting here proves my point 100%. Welcome to the era of "Cancel everything because we say so".
- wombatmobile 6y ago
  > Those who downvoted me think I support such behavior; You don't know what those people think. That's the nature of downvoting. All you know is the aggregate score for your comment. That's the nature of this moderated comment system.
- wildermuthn 6y ago
  It’s hard to write a comment, knowing that ten years from now it will be even easier to pull up everything I have ever done or said, or perhaps even presumed to think. At some point, when everyone’s skeletons come out of the closet, people will become more forgiving and more hopeful that people can change their behaviors. We’ll start judging people on what they can do in the future, not what they did in the past. It’s easy to judge people on their past. It’s much harder to judge people on their unknown future. But we’ll get there.
- throwmylifawy 6y ago
  Before you become radicalized ask yourself this question: If the culture does not moderate societal behavior, then who will? There is no other tool in a social group, but to cancel those who are extremely out of line. I am sorry to break it to you. If we do not do so, we reinforce toxic and corrupt behavior which is harmful to the group as a whole. I am not sure why we now pretend this is new human behavior.