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I'm not trying to be pleasant or persuasive. These people are uninformed making sweeping generalizations based on nothing. I just can't actively insult them bec
by ianbutler 3y ago
I'm not trying to be pleasant or persuasive. These people are uninformed making sweeping generalizations based on nothing. I just can't actively insult them because of site rules.
For the record, I've never microdosed, but I do have the courtesy to inform myself at a basic level before jumping into threads to shit on other people who do.
You can't bring nothing to the table and expect other people to hold your hand gently coaching you through a basic google search. Fuck that.
- dsabanin 3y agoHow does one become always aware in advance of having incomplete or misleading information on every subject that comes up in a conversation? I think some politeness and courtesy should be granted in those situations. Especially if you allow for the fact that it is you who could be having incomplete or biased information as well?
- ianbutler 3y agoThis isn't a conversation though, this is a forum. You (the general you) have the ability to google and fully prepare statements with however much time you want to. You can even set a default time limit in the settings on your user profile on HN to give you time before a comment is visible to check yourself and rework a comment if you want. I use it on pretty much every comment. On a forum I would expect someone participating in a thread making an assertive comment to do a few seconds of due diligence. They don't have to have perfect information, or even be correct after they do search, but its pretty obvious when you just come in with 0 information at all. Normally that doesn't even bother me, but when an uninformed comment is used to belittle people or take an undeserved moral position, then yeah, I get pretty pissed.