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> Why not live eccentrically and take risks? Maybe because there are dependents that needed that money for school, shelter, clothing, or food. There was a sto

> Why not live eccentrically and take risks? Maybe because there are dependents that needed that money for school, shelter, clothing, or food. There was a story in the news recently about a guy who spontaneously gave away $200k by throwing bills out of his car window. Seemed like a feel-good story, at first. It turns out that he gave away his family's life-savings and they're now destitute.[1] Money can absolutely be wasted and spent foolishly. [1] https://www.nbc15.com/2023/04/13/man-throws-200k-cash-out-car-window-onto-interstate-police-say/ https://www.nbc15.com/2023/04/13/man-throws-200k-cash-out-ca...

birdyrooster 3y ago
That was exactly what I’m talking about. What an interesting story and we have only heard it from a single perspective. Imagine the stories of the people it affected, I’m sure it made someone better off.
birdyrooster 3y ago
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- dang 3y ago
  You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly and badly. We ban accounts that do that, so please stop. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
  - birdyrooster 3y ago
    You can't just hand wave "you've been breaking the rules badly". I haven't done anything of the sort, you know me I can break the rules as I have in the past and stopped doing. I am expressing myself and sometimes I use sarcasm or reductio ad absurdum and people don't understand. By time they have flagged and downvoted it is too late to edit and give context. The end result is... they downvote me and no one reads it. The system works. I really don't know what you are talking about, but this wouldn't be my first misunderstanding. Thanks for listening but thread has turned into a waste of people meta-analyzing the comments and it's not worth our time. Life is too short. My suggetion to you: whoever flagged my comment is wasting your time and should be punished for pearl clutching.
    - dang 3y ago
      When you post "You are a fascist control freak", there's no need to explain how that's breaking the rules—it should be obvious to anyone who has read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. You could hardly have broken them more blatantly—for example, the one against name-calling. If you say you meant something else by it, I believe you, but that sort of intent unfortunately doesn't communicate itself—you have to encode it explicitly in your comment or else it will land with most readers as a garden-variety attack. I realize it sucks to have to do that—it's a constraint on expression—but there are constraints we have to live with in order to have a large, open internet forum that doesn't destroy itself. If you'd just calibrate your comments to be more substantive and thoughtful, things should be fine.
- birdyrooster 3y ago
  For the record, this isn't an attack or accusation, it is a thought experiment via reductio ad absurdum.

birdyrooster 3y ago

That was exactly what I’m talking about. What an interesting story and we have only heard it from a single perspective. Imagine the stories of the people it affected, I’m sure it made someone better off.

birdyrooster 3y ago

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dang 3y ago
You've been breaking the site guidelines repeatedly and badly. We ban accounts that do that, so please stop. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- birdyrooster 3y ago
  You can't just hand wave "you've been breaking the rules badly". I haven't done anything of the sort, you know me I can break the rules as I have in the past and stopped doing. I am expressing myself and sometimes I use sarcasm or reductio ad absurdum and people don't understand. By time they have flagged and downvoted it is too late to edit and give context. The end result is... they downvote me and no one reads it. The system works. I really don't know what you are talking about, but this wouldn't be my first misunderstanding. Thanks for listening but thread has turned into a waste of people meta-analyzing the comments and it's not worth our time. Life is too short. My suggetion to you: whoever flagged my comment is wasting your time and should be punished for pearl clutching.
  - dang 3y ago
    When you post "You are a fascist control freak", there's no need to explain how that's breaking the rules—it should be obvious to anyone who has read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. You could hardly have broken them more blatantly—for example, the one against name-calling. If you say you meant something else by it, I believe you, but that sort of intent unfortunately doesn't communicate itself—you have to encode it explicitly in your comment or else it will land with most readers as a garden-variety attack. I realize it sucks to have to do that—it's a constraint on expression—but there are constraints we have to live with in order to have a large, open internet forum that doesn't destroy itself. If you'd just calibrate your comments to be more substantive and thoughtful, things should be fine.
birdyrooster 3y ago
For the record, this isn't an attack or accusation, it is a thought experiment via reductio ad absurdum.