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Pretty sad way to live your life to be honest. Healthy discussion and reflection is what stops you turning into a pillock and more people need it.

by askura 5y ago

imoverclocked 5y ago
In many spheres, yes, but not all. Sometimes the world/popular opinion really is wrong but is pushed with the guise of “healthy discussion.” When you meet a lot of different people, you realize we are all pretty similar… ask similar questions, make similar complaints. It also means we all have similar “healthy discussions” which can be somewhat antithetical to pushing in/discovering a new direction. That said, I know nothing about this person.
0_____0 5y ago
Ehhh, I get it. HN in aggregate has an oddly specific mindset that is honestly grating at times. I come here because I don't mind it that much, but I can imagine JWZ getting a fuckton of inbounds from HN, going "nope fuck that" and setting up a redirect.
icelancer 5y ago
If JWZ was the one submitting content here, I'd agree. But people are linking his stuff here and then talking negatively about him (or so he perceives), and I don't see what's wrong with making it harder to do that. Doesn't speak highly of his maturity level, but whatever, it's his site. EDIT: I don't even agree with his political viewpoints; in fact I'm close to polar opposite. But I get it.
renewiltord 5y ago
Nah, not listening to the opinions of morons is crucial. 16% of the population has an IQ less than 85. Listening to them is a way to ruin your life.
- onion2k 5y ago
  The implication of that statistic is that 4 in every 25 people you meet are statistically not worth listening to. I can assure you the number of people you should ignore is way higher than that.
  - renewiltord 5y ago
    Mate, you want to take another crack at that lower bound calculation?
    - onion2k 5y ago
      No idea what you mean ;)
onion2k 5y ago
Healthy discussion.. I suspect it wasn't that though. When someone clicks on an HN link to an article, and chooses to leave a comment on the article rather than discuss it on HN (or as well as) they're probably not posting a nuanced and we'll reasoned point. They're likely just firing some sort of flamebait rubbish rather than participating in a discussion. If that happened every time your site was linked from HN you'd get tired of it very quickly and start to think HN is full of man-children and brogrammers.
oblio 5y ago
It's not sad. There are too many people out there and most of their opinions are not worth hearing, let alone being listened to. The signal to noise ratio of the world is awful. That's why in real life we have a carefully curated set of friends (even people who contradict us!).

Pretty sad way to live your life to be honest. Healthy discussion and reflection is what stops you turning into a pillock and more people need it.

by askura 5y ago

Pretty sad way to live your life to be honest. Healthy discussion and reflection is what stops you turning into a pillock and more people need it.

imoverclocked 5y ago

In many spheres, yes, but not all. Sometimes the world/popular opinion really is wrong but is pushed with the guise of “healthy discussion.” When you meet a lot of different people, you realize we are all pretty similar… ask similar questions, make similar complaints. It also means we all have similar “healthy discussions” which can be somewhat antithetical to pushing in/discovering a new direction. That said, I know nothing about this person.

0_____0 5y ago

Ehhh, I get it. HN in aggregate has an oddly specific mindset that is honestly grating at times. I come here because I don't mind it that much, but I can imagine JWZ getting a fuckton of inbounds from HN, going "nope fuck that" and setting up a redirect.

icelancer 5y ago

If JWZ was the one submitting content here, I'd agree. But people are linking his stuff here and then talking negatively about him (or so he perceives), and I don't see what's wrong with making it harder to do that. Doesn't speak highly of his maturity level, but whatever, it's his site. EDIT: I don't even agree with his political viewpoints; in fact I'm close to polar opposite. But I get it.

renewiltord 5y ago

Nah, not listening to the opinions of morons is crucial. 16% of the population has an IQ less than 85. Listening to them is a way to ruin your life.

onion2k 5y ago
The implication of that statistic is that 4 in every 25 people you meet are statistically not worth listening to. I can assure you the number of people you should ignore is way higher than that.
- renewiltord 5y ago
  Mate, you want to take another crack at that lower bound calculation?
  - onion2k 5y ago
    No idea what you mean ;)

onion2k 5y ago

Healthy discussion.. I suspect it wasn't that though. When someone clicks on an HN link to an article, and chooses to leave a comment on the article rather than discuss it on HN (or as well as) they're probably not posting a nuanced and we'll reasoned point. They're likely just firing some sort of flamebait rubbish rather than participating in a discussion. If that happened every time your site was linked from HN you'd get tired of it very quickly and start to think HN is full of man-children and brogrammers.

oblio 5y ago

It's not sad. There are too many people out there and most of their opinions are not worth hearing, let alone being listened to. The signal to noise ratio of the world is awful. That's why in real life we have a carefully curated set of friends (even people who contradict us!).