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Maybe the people involved are not old enough to ever have heard about Godwin's law? Its now 25 years ago that UseNet users have discovered this. I guess HN st
by lynx23 4y ago
Maybe the people involved are not old enough to ever have heard about Godwin's law? Its now 25 years ago that UseNet users have discovered this. I guess HN still needs a few years to get there.
- cmeacham98 4y agoUnfortunately, it seems commenters like "lynx23" haven't yet reached the age of reading the entire comment chain before writing a comment. Maybe then they'd realize the Nazi example was actually brought up by the comment two posts above me and I was just rolling with it as that's the current example in the discussion. I guess they still need a few years to get there.
- lynx23 4y agoI am sorry that you feel I attacked you directly. That was not my intention, nor did I word my reply such that this would be implied. I was refering to a group of people, and you decided to put yourself in that group and feel attacked. Notice that I refered to a group, while you choose to vent your feelings by naming a person specifically, resorting to personal attack. Maybe my age-reference wasn't that much of?
- cmeacham98 4y agoIs this not your comment directly addressing me? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 Maybe my browser is broken and displaying the wrong username next to it?
- lynx23 4y agoEven though this exchange seems hopeless, I still wish you a happy 2023.
- cmeacham98 4y agoYou too! Just so you know, as I've seen some people make mistakes like this in the past (example: non-native English speakers), when you directly ask someone a question, us native speakers would consider it "directly addressing" them. So in the future, if you want to refer to a group only, in English you need to not directly ask a question starting with "Have you...".