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You started the thread talking about not having a FANG salary. Yet one of your most recent comments talks about your Mac, multiple Homepods, Apple TV, possibly

You started the thread talking about not having a FANG salary. Yet one of your most recent comments talks about your Mac, multiple Homepods, Apple TV, possibly more Apple products. Saying you don’t have FANG salary money then demonizing someone else as privileged because of the price of a random non super pricey stock doesn’t exactly jive with having thousands of dollars of Apple products. Same with being privileged enough to want Facebook shut down if it was your choice. It’s an incredible privilege to have Facebook be so unimportant to your life that you can have it be shut down and be happy about it without any loss of QoL. I don’t understand why you have to attack people personally in the first place. No one is a saint on HN any way.

gigatexal 6y ago
If given a the authority to do one thing in the corporate world without consequence I sure would shut down Facebook. All the engineers would find amazing roles at all the other large tech companies. And the world would be a much better place. This is a hill I will die on. You have a point regarding the Apple devices I’ve got. They were purchased over time with cash that I saved. So homepods bought on sale, iPhones that we use for years (basically until they fall apart) and my MacBooks all last for years and years so we prefer quality and pay the Apple Premium. That you or anyone might work at Facebook is not a personal attack. You’re not Zuckerberg. You’ve a job and bills and financial goals: so be it. It’s government that could shut them down or investors that could sour to their business model or parents that could shield their kids from interacting with it and Instagram 24/7. All I was mentioning is that I don’t make the high six figures (after bonuses and RSUs) to have substantial disposable income to pay for a stock that is likely to come in at 500 or more per share.
- skinnymuch 6y ago
  I’m not employed at all right now. Barely have been for the decade due to mental health issues that have finally been fixed up. It was funny to see me being described as saying extremely privileged things regarding money.
  - gigatexal 6y ago
    Sorry to hear that! I’m glad you were able to resolve that. Again none of my comments are meant to be mean I try to keep comments about the comments and not the commentator. I don’t always succeed.
    - skinnymuch 6y ago
      I did not think you were mean overall. Or maybe i did? I don’t know haha. I usually regret my more angry posts within hours of posting them. Good luck to you as well

gigatexal 6y ago

If given a the authority to do one thing in the corporate world without consequence I sure would shut down Facebook. All the engineers would find amazing roles at all the other large tech companies. And the world would be a much better place. This is a hill I will die on. You have a point regarding the Apple devices I’ve got. They were purchased over time with cash that I saved. So homepods bought on sale, iPhones that we use for years (basically until they fall apart) and my MacBooks all last for years and years so we prefer quality and pay the Apple Premium. That you or anyone might work at Facebook is not a personal attack. You’re not Zuckerberg. You’ve a job and bills and financial goals: so be it. It’s government that could shut them down or investors that could sour to their business model or parents that could shield their kids from interacting with it and Instagram 24/7. All I was mentioning is that I don’t make the high six figures (after bonuses and RSUs) to have substantial disposable income to pay for a stock that is likely to come in at 500 or more per share.

skinnymuch 6y ago
I’m not employed at all right now. Barely have been for the decade due to mental health issues that have finally been fixed up. It was funny to see me being described as saying extremely privileged things regarding money.
- gigatexal 6y ago
  Sorry to hear that! I’m glad you were able to resolve that. Again none of my comments are meant to be mean I try to keep comments about the comments and not the commentator. I don’t always succeed.
  - skinnymuch 6y ago
    I did not think you were mean overall. Or maybe i did? I don’t know haha. I usually regret my more angry posts within hours of posting them. Good luck to you as well