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Drinking one glass of wine is not the same as being passed out on the sidewalk at noon.
by gondaloof 4y ago
Drinking one glass of wine is not the same as being passed out on the sidewalk at noon.
- pffft8888 4y agoBut the person is complaining about people complaining. I find it ironic.
- quaintdev 4y agoWhy do we feel this need to disect everything
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- blitzar 4y ago[flagged]
- xeonmc 4y agoI liked the phrase “performative erudition” the New Yorker article[0] used to describe HN’s social theatre. [0] https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/th...
- pffft8888 4y agoYou just got validated. Does that mean you're desperate? or anxious? or even sick in the head?
- blitzar 4y agoIt is all part of the Human Condition.
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- yellowapple 4y agoProbably for the same reason people feel the need to complain about people complaining... and then complain about people complaining about people complaining, and so on.
- maxbond 4y agoAnalysis is the most straightforward path to resolving disagreement. Get enough people talking and you'll have disagreement. The immediate result is analysis.
- pdimitar 4y agoThis is not an analysis at all, people online have been misusing the word "ironic" forever. Almost nobody uses it correctly. It's a way to shut down debate while pretending to use a legitimate debating technique. A tale as old as the internet itself.
- maxbond 4y agoI was responding to the question, "why do we feel the need to pick everything apart?", not this other comment. I'd point out your response was an analysis of the use of the term "irony" in online discourse.
- InsomniacL 4y agoThat feels like some sort of survivor bias. The majority of people didn't feel that and passed on by without commenting.