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> It seems like you are seeing this behavior I am being a tab bit hyperbolic, in order to get people to, at the very least, concede the point, that there is so
by stale2002 6y ago
> It seems like you are seeing this behavior
I am being a tab bit hyperbolic, in order to get people to, at the very least, concede the point, that there is some level of obsession with a new voice chat app that is unhealthy.
Because it seems like people are almost being intentionally obtuse, and are intentionally misinterpreting my point, in bad faith, in order to win some "debate" that nobody was ever having.
If you are willing to agree, that absolutely people could be too obsessed with a voice chat app, then that is my point.
It is unfortunate that I have to explain this in such extreme terms, in order for people to understand the point I am trying to make. But here we are.
If you want an example, you can just look at the blog post that someone else made about clubhouse, in this very hacker news thread, that described clubhouse in terms, that, although are not as extreme as the hyperbolic example that I gave, should at the very least get you to understand the point I am trying to make here, about... shall we say... at least a moderate amount of unhealthy levels of obsession.
https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/on-clubhouse/ https://areoform.wordpress.com/2021/04/18/on-clubhouse/
In this blog post, the person describes how they have literally lived in "isolation" for a decade, and that there were time periods, where they did not speak to another human for months.
And they use this personal example, of literal isolation for a decade, to describe how clubhouse, changed their life, or something.
Like I said, I was being a tad hyperbolic before, but when we are talking about people writing about clubhouse, who spent their life in isolation for a decade, you should be able to understand the point I am trying to make here.
- zepto 6y agoI’m not being obtuse. You have posted a link to a person who has chosen to live in isolation for more than a decade to satisfy their own curiosity - which obviously has nothing to do with clubhouse. It’s not really clear why that’s relevant to anything. Why would it be so surprising that clubhouse would change such a person’s life? Clearly this person’s choices are unusual, but I don’t really see how you deduce anything about clubhouse or its users in general. The piece was quite well written.
- stale2002 6y ago> It’s not really clear why that’s relevant to anything. It is relevant, because you asked for an example. This was a blogpost about clubhouse, and they are using their insane, personal experience, of living in isolation for a decade, to satisfy their curiosity, as some situation that is related to clubhouse, according to them. That is crazy. That is insane. And I should not have to explain to you why that is the case. If someone is talking about clubhouse this way, then I have absolutely no problem, with describing such a blog post, as my example of unhealthy levels of obsession. > Clearly this person’s choices are unusual You asked for an example, and I gave you one that satifies what you asked for. I am glad you agree that this is an example of unusual behavior.
- zepto 6y ago> and they are using their insane, personal experience, of living in isolation for a decade, to satisfy their curiosity, as some situation that is related to clubhouse, according to them. I didn’t see them suggest that their choice to isolate was somehow related to clubhouse. What gave you that idea? > That is crazy. That is insane. And I should not have to explain to you why that is the case. Unfortunately I think you may need to. What exactly are you saying is insane? The person who wrote that piece?
- stale2002 6y ago> their choice to isolate was somehow related to clubhouse > What gave you that idea? The way that it is related to their writing/blog post about clubhouse, is that they put it in their writing/blog, about clubhouse. > The person who wrote that piece? Yes. As you noted, their choices are "unusual", to put it lightly. I am glad that you agree and that I have provided a good example, of someone who does "unusual" things, talking about clubhouse in this way. These are the people who I am talking about. The people who do "unusual" things like spend a literal decade in isolation, and then using their experience, in their writings about clubhouse. You asked for an example, and I gave you one. Glad you agree that I have given you this example.