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Just curious why you’d respond so much to him and also add nothing to the discussion?
by m3kw9 4y ago
Just curious why you’d respond so much to him and also add nothing to the discussion?
- sebzim4500 4y agoNot him but I am also extremely frustrated by the fact it is impossible to have a real discussion about this topic, especially on HN. Everyone just talks past each other and I get the feeling that a majority of the disagreement is basically about definitions, but since no one defines terms it is hard to tell.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoHang on, how is it fair to ask me why I "add nothing to the discussion" when all your comment does is ask me why I add nothing to the discussion? Is your comment adding something to the discussion? I think it makes perfect sense to discuss how we discuss, and even try to steer the conversation to more productive directions. I bet that's part of why we have downvote buttons and flag controls. And I prefer to leave a comment than to downvote without explanation, although it gets hard when the conversation grows as large as this one. Also, can I please separately bitch about how everyone around here assumes that everyone around here is a "he"? I don't see how you can make that guess from the user's name ("drbig"). And then the other user below seems to assume I'm a "him" also, despite my username (YeGoblynQueenne? I guess I could be a "queen" in the queer sense...). Way to go to turn this place into a monoculture, really.