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Dangerous comment on HN, ta lot of people here see him as tony stark in the flesh. They really do love their heroes and usually don't let reality get in their w

Dangerous comment on HN, ta lot of people here see him as tony stark in the flesh. They really do love their heroes and usually don't let reality get in their way of worship

dang 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26528522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26528522 (March 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17709543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17709543 (Aug 2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512473 (July 2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17502225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17502225 (July 2018)
- 411111111111111 5y ago
  Even after thinking on it for a day I still cannot see how this comment of mine was in any way a personal attack or "Musk hate". It wasn't a good comment as I didn't even try to make an argument, so the downvotes are definitely deserved but I cannot comprehend why it received a warning for said reasons. I'm neither attacking anyone personally nor do I say anything bad about Musk. I'm only pointing out that there are people around that literally worship him. That is not an opinion but a fact. Do you want me to link to content of that nature?
  - dang 5y ago
    "a lot of people here see him as tony stark in the flesh" is a caricature, not a "fact", and clearly positions you on one side of the $celeb wars. "They really do love their heroes", "don't let reality get in their way", and "worship" is all just name-calling designed to put down the other side—also not "fact", and definitely more $celeb war. Other than that, there was literally nothing in your comment.
    - 411111111111111 5y ago
      if the other side is people worshiping a human man, then yes - I'm "name-calling" them to do exactly this. I'm only acknowledging in my comment that there are participants to what you call a $celeb war, which see a pretty successful entrepreneur as something to be worshiped - which in my mind is always and in all situations an unhealthy view of any individual, no matter what they've set out to do or accomplished. But this forum is obviously your community to do with as you please and it seems I've overstayed my welcome.

Dangerous comment on HN, ta lot of people here see him as tony stark in the flesh. They really do love their heroes and usually don't let reality get in their way of worship

dang 5y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26528522 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26528522 (March 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17709543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17709543 (Aug 2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17512473 (July 2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17502225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17502225 (July 2018)

411111111111111 5y ago
Even after thinking on it for a day I still cannot see how this comment of mine was in any way a personal attack or "Musk hate". It wasn't a good comment as I didn't even try to make an argument, so the downvotes are definitely deserved but I cannot comprehend why it received a warning for said reasons. I'm neither attacking anyone personally nor do I say anything bad about Musk. I'm only pointing out that there are people around that literally worship him. That is not an opinion but a fact. Do you want me to link to content of that nature?
- dang 5y ago
  "a lot of people here see him as tony stark in the flesh" is a caricature, not a "fact", and clearly positions you on one side of the $celeb wars. "They really do love their heroes", "don't let reality get in their way", and "worship" is all just name-calling designed to put down the other side—also not "fact", and definitely more $celeb war. Other than that, there was literally nothing in your comment.
  - 411111111111111 5y ago
    if the other side is people worshiping a human man, then yes - I'm "name-calling" them to do exactly this. I'm only acknowledging in my comment that there are participants to what you call a $celeb war, which see a pretty successful entrepreneur as something to be worshiped - which in my mind is always and in all situations an unhealthy view of any individual, no matter what they've set out to do or accomplished. But this forum is obviously your community to do with as you please and it seems I've overstayed my welcome.