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I don't get the sense there is a lot of sympathy from HN over this event. People lost money, payroll may be missed, that's a detrimental thing for a lot of peop

I don't get the sense there is a lot of sympathy from HN over this event. People lost money, payroll may be missed, that's a detrimental thing for a lot of people. If little sympathy, why?

nightmarish 4y ago
There’s nothing more annoying than being prattled to by morons who think that money equates to intelligence. May they burn brightly.
morelisp 4y ago
If any significant payroll gets missed I'm getting out the popcorn, regulators and courts will get that back.
OhSoHumble 4y ago
The sharks are in the water and there is a lot of disdain for wealthy tech CEOs. The current public perception is that all of Silicon Valley is either mustache twirling Peter Thiels or tech bros who collect millions trying to create the next Uber for dogs. The vitriol for those archetypes will override any empathy for the victims from knock-on effects and lower level, poorer employees that will impacted by this. If that empathy was ever there to begin with, I guess. I personally believe that people want to hate the rich more than they want to empathize with the poor. Personally, I can do without the DoorDashes of the world... but startups collectively employ A LOT of people and not all of them are wealthy, senior engineers. When the wealthy sneeze, the poor tend to catch pneumonia.
monkeywork 4y ago
There is a difference between having sympathy or empathy and agreeing with the idea of socializing the loss here. I don't think many will argue that this is a "good" thing or that they are "happy" to see ppl suffer (some might but they generally are a fringe group) but agreeing that a situation sucks doesn't mean you are willing to take a bullet to fix it. I get the sense that most people are more in the camp of: "Yeah that sucks, hope it works out for you and maybe think about the risks more next time"

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I don't get the sense there is a lot of sympathy from HN over this event. People lost money, payroll may be missed, that's a detrimental thing for a lot of peop

by Overtonwindow 4y ago

I don't get the sense there is a lot of sympathy from HN over this event. People lost money, payroll may be missed, that's a detrimental thing for a lot of people. If little sympathy, why?

nightmarish 4y ago
There’s nothing more annoying than being prattled to by morons who think that money equates to intelligence. May they burn brightly.
morelisp 4y ago
If any significant payroll gets missed I'm getting out the popcorn, regulators and courts will get that back.
OhSoHumble 4y ago
The sharks are in the water and there is a lot of disdain for wealthy tech CEOs. The current public perception is that all of Silicon Valley is either mustache twirling Peter Thiels or tech bros who collect millions trying to create the next Uber for dogs. The vitriol for those archetypes will override any empathy for the victims from knock-on effects and lower level, poorer employees that will impacted by this. If that empathy was ever there to begin with, I guess. I personally believe that people want to hate the rich more than they want to empathize with the poor. Personally, I can do without the DoorDashes of the world... but startups collectively employ A LOT of people and not all of them are wealthy, senior engineers. When the wealthy sneeze, the poor tend to catch pneumonia.
monkeywork 4y ago
There is a difference between having sympathy or empathy and agreeing with the idea of socializing the loss here. I don't think many will argue that this is a "good" thing or that they are "happy" to see ppl suffer (some might but they generally are a fringe group) but agreeing that a situation sucks doesn't mean you are willing to take a bullet to fix it. I get the sense that most people are more in the camp of: "Yeah that sucks, hope it works out for you and maybe think about the risks more next time"