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Keep Your Identity Small (2009) http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html (see also https://hn.algolia.com/?q=keep+your+id
by shagie 3y ago
Keep Your Identity Small (2009) http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html (see also https://hn.algolia.com/?q=keep+your+identity https://hn.algolia.com/?q=keep+your+identity )
> I finally realized today why politics and religion yield such uniquely useless discussions.
> As a rule, any mention of religion on an online forum degenerates into a religious argument. Why? Why does this happen with religion and not with Javascript or baking or other topics people talk about on forums?
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Also https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/ https://pbfcomics.com/comics/deeply-held-beliefs/
- musicale 3y ago> online forum degenerates into a religious argument. Why? Why does this happen with religion and not with Javascript Isn't it a law that all programming language discussions eventually devolve into religious arguments? I can't imagine Javascript is somehow immune.
- elzbardico 3y agoPaul Graham wrote this in 2009. Nowadays? I believe that quite a few homicides could be traced to have started with discussions about baking, beer brewing, or cooking. People are fucking opinionated about everything nowadays.