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I thought I was crazy, being the only one that had this experience (along with a corresponding distaste for it). One of the parts of this that you didn't menti

I thought I was crazy, being the only one that had this experience (along with a corresponding distaste for it). One of the parts of this that you didn't mention is politics, which irks me in particular. I can barely bring up any political topic without incurring a strong emotional reaction that causes the other to close off their mind - and that includes with people that I mostly agree with! There's even this politics-like part of homogenized programming subculture - strong emotional reactions to things like webtech, Electron, C++, Rust, Windows, Apple - and you see the same "arguments" over and over (because I don't believe that there's really "critical thought with the intent to convince" happening - just talking points regurgitated over and over). In the particular case of HN, many of these memes just straight-up break the guidelines, and many users don't care, because they'll upvote or vouch low-quality content that fits their worldview. (I'm guilty of this myself, even when I'm specifically watching myself to try to avoid it)

ratww 4y ago
Oh I completely forgot about politics. This kinda thing definitely seeped into politics. Especially with Facebook memes, even my parents couldn't escape those :( And yep, programmers in 2022 are definitely not a group known for originality! Even (we) the dissenters walk in step...
itronitron 4y ago
I wonder if that political emotional polarization will burn itself out in the next five years or however long it takes for most people to inoculate themselves to a modified form of information. Back in the mid `90's when the internet was a new thing for most people there was real exhaustion from the information overload of hours spent 'surfing the information superhighway'. But now no one is really affected by that specifically. If we adapted to that then I am hopeful we will adapt to the new political ragebait making the rounds.

ratww 4y ago

Oh I completely forgot about politics. This kinda thing definitely seeped into politics. Especially with Facebook memes, even my parents couldn't escape those :( And yep, programmers in 2022 are definitely not a group known for originality! Even (we) the dissenters walk in step...

itronitron 4y ago

I wonder if that political emotional polarization will burn itself out in the next five years or however long it takes for most people to inoculate themselves to a modified form of information. Back in the mid `90's when the internet was a new thing for most people there was real exhaustion from the information overload of hours spent 'surfing the information superhighway'. But now no one is really affected by that specifically. If we adapted to that then I am hopeful we will adapt to the new political ragebait making the rounds.