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People sometimes use weird domain specific languages, the principle of charity goes a long way in being able to understand peoples' concerns despite the weird w
by openfuture 5y ago
People sometimes use weird domain specific languages, the principle of charity goes a long way in being able to understand peoples' concerns despite the weird way they communicate them. I hate how easily we dismiss people with nonstandard language usage. Grow up.
- kurisufag 5y agoI agree with what he's probably attempting to say -- widespread requirement of vaccine passports is absurd, and functionally locks people out of society. Regardless, his comment didn't just use it as an example. Without further interpretation, the entire body of his point was that what is happening now is similar to a fictional thing that happened in a fictional story. Whether or not you agree with the point, it's so absurdly general that it has about the same meaning as, say, comparing Biden to Krang from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThere is difference between religion and pop culture. One person's fiction is another people's truth. This isn't reddit.
- kurisufag 5y agoI live my life by the way of Master Splinter, as we all should. Every day I hone my Ninjitsu so that whenever evil approaches, whether it be in the form of Shredder or Krang or an argumentative poster on Hacker News, I will be prepared. The only difference is the level at which people attempt to integrate the philosophy into their life -- I'm sure there is someone out there who has been impacted more by Terry Pratchett novels than the religion they were brought up as, and using either of those in the way the instigating poster did would be silly.