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Isn't that exactly what your doing in this comment?

fsckboy 4y ago
isn't what i'm exactly doing, I have no idea what you are talking about? I was critiquing a comment that said "completely ignore what this post says". If you don't like what a post says, then skip it and don't comment. Saying "this historically important place on a geopolitical basis is very pretty, so forget the geopolitical aspects and just look at pictures of it" I think is a weak and worthless thing to say. I'm not sure what you disagree with. Yes, I understand snowflakes not only don't like to be criticized, they can't stand to see somebody else criticized either. But where I stand, ignoring the substance of what somebody says and directing attention to something insubtantial is MORE DISPRESPECTFUL than saying to somebody's face "I don't like what you just said."
- ztrww 4y ago
  > this historically important place on a geopolitical It’s not really that important, though. Never was, which might be the main reason it is the “world’s oldest republic”.
  - fsckboy 4y ago
    so, you're saying, OP shouldn't have posted this interesting piece of history, but rather people should look at pretty pictures of San Marino? Gotta say that's pretty vapid. every place in Europe or one of its colonies which at some time took steps to break out of the traditional dynastic power structures was contributing to the advance of Western political philosophy and thought. But oooh, look at the pretty pictures!
    - mdp2021 4y ago
      "So-called practitioners of Analytical Philosophy are so busy continuously cleaning their glasses that they never wear them." "The culinary creation on the dish was such a structural marvel of meanings that I refrained from eating it." ...Calls to experience. (The poster never said that the article should not have been submitted. On the contrary, the poster "doubled down".)
    - yywwbbn 4y ago
      Is there some reason you think most people would be incapable of both reading the article and looking at the “pretty” pictures? > every place in Europe … which took steps to break out of the traditional dynastic power structures was contributing to the advance of Western political philosophy and thought That is debatable and not all obvious. Care to somehow substantiate this claim?
- mdp2021 4y ago
  You seem to have difficulties in understanding rhetoric: the spirit of the original post is clearly: "do not forget to get some direct enjoyment - it's worth it". Which again is not literal, so either you try and exercise some "understanding as approaching", or you will systematically miss in communication. To some cultures enjoyment is paramount. It enriches you. It is nourishment. The mandate towards the "«strongest plausible interpretation»" is in the guidelines: it comes implicitly with the exercise of communication, here it comes with a clause for heightened awareness. Edit: more plainly: make sure (as a very general rule) you understood posts before reacting - and in case of doubt, ask.

isn't what i'm exactly doing, I have no idea what you are talking about? I was critiquing a comment that said "completely ignore what this post says". If you don't like what a post says, then skip it and don't comment. Saying "this historically important place on a geopolitical basis is very pretty, so forget the geopolitical aspects and just look at pictures of it" I think is a weak and worthless thing to say. I'm not sure what you disagree with. Yes, I understand snowflakes not only don't like to be criticized, they can't stand to see somebody else criticized either. But where I stand, ignoring the substance of what somebody says and directing attention to something insubtantial is MORE DISPRESPECTFUL than saying to somebody's face "I don't like what you just said."

ztrww 4y ago
> this historically important place on a geopolitical It’s not really that important, though. Never was, which might be the main reason it is the “world’s oldest republic”.
- fsckboy 4y ago
  so, you're saying, OP shouldn't have posted this interesting piece of history, but rather people should look at pretty pictures of San Marino? Gotta say that's pretty vapid. every place in Europe or one of its colonies which at some time took steps to break out of the traditional dynastic power structures was contributing to the advance of Western political philosophy and thought. But oooh, look at the pretty pictures!
  - mdp2021 4y ago
    "So-called practitioners of Analytical Philosophy are so busy continuously cleaning their glasses that they never wear them." "The culinary creation on the dish was such a structural marvel of meanings that I refrained from eating it." ...Calls to experience. (The poster never said that the article should not have been submitted. On the contrary, the poster "doubled down".)
  - yywwbbn 4y ago
    Is there some reason you think most people would be incapable of both reading the article and looking at the “pretty” pictures? > every place in Europe … which took steps to break out of the traditional dynastic power structures was contributing to the advance of Western political philosophy and thought That is debatable and not all obvious. Care to somehow substantiate this claim?
mdp2021 4y ago
You seem to have difficulties in understanding rhetoric: the spirit of the original post is clearly: "do not forget to get some direct enjoyment - it's worth it". Which again is not literal, so either you try and exercise some "understanding as approaching", or you will systematically miss in communication. To some cultures enjoyment is paramount. It enriches you. It is nourishment. The mandate towards the "«strongest plausible interpretation»" is in the guidelines: it comes implicitly with the exercise of communication, here it comes with a clause for heightened awareness. Edit: more plainly: make sure (as a very general rule) you understood posts before reacting - and in case of doubt, ask.