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Brain fog is caused by passive acceptance of our interregnum.

tbalsam 6y ago
How do we as a community feel about some of the tinfoil hatting going on in HN lately? I understand this is a watering hole for folks of all ideals and walks of life, but a comment on a fluff piece about physical symptoms being somehow linked to the more conspiratorial edge of the news cycle is much lower than I think we have been as a community. I could be wrong, though, I'm absolutely open to hearing different thoughts and opinions across the spectrum (minus some of the the strange conspiracy stuff as of late -- I'd assert that it's always been a dull roar but definitely has popped up in more strength recently).
- redis_mlc 6y ago
  Society is a conpiracy, by definition, regardless of century. The rest of the world is laughing at the US 2020 election results. They see a sitting President who can draw 500,000 supporters per rally, and in comparison a senile candidate hiding in his basement who can't draw 15 to a rally, and just laugh. And well they should.
- 01100011 6y ago
  As a former Redditor I can't complain too much, but I feel like there was a big wave of reddit-like comments and voting that started around 18 months ago or so. HN used to be a refuge from dumb jokes, dumb comments, personal attacks, and the overall negative tone you find on other discussion forums. HN is still better than reddit, but there are some topics I just avoid now, or make more liberal use of the [-] to collapse a toxic thread.
  - tbalsam 6y ago
    I agree -- even when the threads here were massively pseudointellectual back in the day, it was a welcome tone shift. Maybe we can hold the line and hope for some change from dang and the crew. Or maybe it'll pass (though I'd rather not hang my hat on that one there). It's a good site, so hopefully we can hold onto the old "90's practitioner's watering hole" in some way or fashion going forward as a community.

How do we as a community feel about some of the tinfoil hatting going on in HN lately? I understand this is a watering hole for folks of all ideals and walks of life, but a comment on a fluff piece about physical symptoms being somehow linked to the more conspiratorial edge of the news cycle is much lower than I think we have been as a community. I could be wrong, though, I'm absolutely open to hearing different thoughts and opinions across the spectrum (minus some of the the strange conspiracy stuff as of late -- I'd assert that it's always been a dull roar but definitely has popped up in more strength recently).

redis_mlc 6y ago
Society is a conpiracy, by definition, regardless of century. The rest of the world is laughing at the US 2020 election results. They see a sitting President who can draw 500,000 supporters per rally, and in comparison a senile candidate hiding in his basement who can't draw 15 to a rally, and just laugh. And well they should.
01100011 6y ago
As a former Redditor I can't complain too much, but I feel like there was a big wave of reddit-like comments and voting that started around 18 months ago or so. HN used to be a refuge from dumb jokes, dumb comments, personal attacks, and the overall negative tone you find on other discussion forums. HN is still better than reddit, but there are some topics I just avoid now, or make more liberal use of the [-] to collapse a toxic thread.
- tbalsam 6y ago
  I agree -- even when the threads here were massively pseudointellectual back in the day, it was a welcome tone shift. Maybe we can hold the line and hope for some change from dang and the crew. Or maybe it'll pass (though I'd rather not hang my hat on that one there). It's a good site, so hopefully we can hold onto the old "90's practitioner's watering hole" in some way or fashion going forward as a community.