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Yeah, this is getting a bit fearpornish. Shunt it off to somewhere else at this point.

mynameisvlad 4y ago
"Sucks that you got let go, but I don't like reading about these things so let's throw your misery and sorrow into an incinerator so I don't have to see it"
- drstewart 4y ago
  I bet approximately 0 people are using whether links to their company's layoffs have been posted on HN as a coping mechanism.
  - mynameisvlad 4y ago
    I'm sure that people who have been affected, whether by a specific company mentioned or otherwise, will appreciate reading the comments in the layoff threads such as those talking about employee's worth. What they probably don't appreciate reading is people moaning about having to spend a second reading about yet another layoff. To say that nobody who has ever been laid off has gotten some amount of coping value from the threads is as asinine as declaring they need to be abolished to the deep dark pits of HN. These are people's lives we're talking about. Any amount of positive energy is going to be immediately taken when your life has been upended.
    - A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
      I think the parent may be missing the trees for the forest here. I am not going to dismiss 'misery loves company' take, because there is a solid psychological basis for it. I certainly would not put it at zero. Still, I think one somewhat unspoken reason for some of those posts is to indicate something along the lines of: 'hey. i was affected. i am available for x if you need me' I am not going to give any specifics, but I know when me and my colleagues went through rounds of layoffs and this kind of informal job search helps to help one gain ground.
    - drstewart 4y ago
      So by the same token, there are people without jobs that get anxiety by seeing additional layoffs and getting concerned about their prospects. Do they not deserve sympathy?
      - mynameisvlad 4y ago
        You didn't really show concern for them the last two comments. I might believe it were genuine had it been the argument you led with instead of complaining about it being "fearpornish". And if anything, they'd be the most emphatic towards those laid off.

"Sucks that you got let go, but I don't like reading about these things so let's throw your misery and sorrow into an incinerator so I don't have to see it"

drstewart 4y ago
I bet approximately 0 people are using whether links to their company's layoffs have been posted on HN as a coping mechanism.
- mynameisvlad 4y ago
  I'm sure that people who have been affected, whether by a specific company mentioned or otherwise, will appreciate reading the comments in the layoff threads such as those talking about employee's worth. What they probably don't appreciate reading is people moaning about having to spend a second reading about yet another layoff. To say that nobody who has ever been laid off has gotten some amount of coping value from the threads is as asinine as declaring they need to be abolished to the deep dark pits of HN. These are people's lives we're talking about. Any amount of positive energy is going to be immediately taken when your life has been upended.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
    I think the parent may be missing the trees for the forest here. I am not going to dismiss 'misery loves company' take, because there is a solid psychological basis for it. I certainly would not put it at zero. Still, I think one somewhat unspoken reason for some of those posts is to indicate something along the lines of: 'hey. i was affected. i am available for x if you need me' I am not going to give any specifics, but I know when me and my colleagues went through rounds of layoffs and this kind of informal job search helps to help one gain ground.
  - drstewart 4y ago
    So by the same token, there are people without jobs that get anxiety by seeing additional layoffs and getting concerned about their prospects. Do they not deserve sympathy?
    - mynameisvlad 4y ago
      You didn't really show concern for them the last two comments. I might believe it were genuine had it been the argument you led with instead of complaining about it being "fearpornish". And if anything, they'd be the most emphatic towards those laid off.