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I’m not saying your position is wrong or irrational. You chose not to participate in an upside which can be a lottery ticket. It’s a fairly rational position. Y

by svnt 4y ago

I’m not saying your position is wrong or irrational. You chose not to participate in an upside which can be a lottery ticket. It’s a fairly rational position. You asked why you were being downvoted so I tried to explain the reason, which it seems like you were already mostly aware of. And even if the funeral is as you describe, my point is that people don’t usually want to be told at a funeral why the deceased was wrong. It’s for emotional support. Like this post.

tharkun__ 4y ago
Fair enough. Just to be clear tho, I was asking for a rational discussion (or as I put it "substantiated reply as to why this isn't true", not for why I was being down voted ;) And again fair enough that in this situation it is very easy to not apply this to the original poster's question and situation (which analogy wise would be shouting at the entire group of people gathered at the funeral that it's this guy's fault for crossing the tracks vs. having a side conversation w/ someone who posited that maybe the guy was one of the ones that actually stands on tracks for thrill when he knows the train's about to be there ;))