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> try and make people uncomfortable This is an example of assuming ill-intent. I didn't say I'd try to make people uncomfortable. Here is what I actually wrote
by danielmarkbruce 5y ago
> try and make people uncomfortable
This is an example of assuming ill-intent. I didn't say I'd try to make people uncomfortable. Here is what I actually wrote:
>I think I'd be happy to laugh and offend said people as a mechanism to keep them away
An interpretation of this assuming good intent is: "If I find something funny, I'll laugh. If it has the side effect of keeping people out who assume everyone has ill-intent, that's fine. "
An interpretation assuming ill intent is: "i deliberately laugh to see who it upsets".
Most people have read what I said in the generous way. There are a lot of upvotes. Hacker News isn't filled with a-holes who get excited when someone says something awful.
- BoorishBears 5y ago>> "I'd be happy to laugh and offend " This is the definition of ill-intent. This is what intentionally making someone uncomfortable looks like. Glad you learned something today :)
- danielmarkbruce 5y agoEdit: I just looked at your comment history :( I should have stopped a long time ago. You seem to be stuck in this mode of assuming ill intent/bad faith from everyone.
- BoorishBears 5y agoI got two sentences in and my eyes glazed over... You might as well save your breath at this point, you'll notice everything I've said was a very simple point, and every reply you've had was a roundabout treatise trying to pivot away from <very simple point>. That's because what you're doing is defending an indefensible position. - If you had just said it was a joke it would have been better for everyone involved... what a way to live life if this is really what you're about.