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dang 3y ago
You broke the site guidelines repeatedly and badly in this thread, as well as in other recent threads (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36923982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36923982, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36736880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36736880). That's not cool. We have to ban accounts that post this way, because it destroys what the site is for. I don't want to ban you! If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Fortunately many of your other comments have been fine, so this should be easy to fix.
tptacek 3y ago
You went through the trouble to write a substantive comment but sabotaged yourself with the swipe you used to introduce it.
- Michelangelo11 3y ago
  Why do you see it as sabotage? I don't, given the comments leading up to that one.
add-sub-mul-div 3y ago
> you would, I hope, be revolted by a funeral company that advertised their funerals as a place to meet girls at a time when they're emotionally vulnerable Of course it's stupid but I expect advertising to be stupid and I try not to pay attention to it. A company promoting therapy in a stupid way doesn't change how I think about therapy in general. And if I see a dumb commercial about therapy I don't let it make me believe that "you hear 'everyone should be in therapy' from all corners". We're supposed to be skeptical about advertising, not let it shape our view of the world.
- Michelangelo11 3y ago
  The point is that they ran this ad in 2022 and it wasn't met with widespread ridicule or outrage (which happened with many, many other ads), which says a lot about the current culture. > And if I see a dumb commercial about therapy I don't let it make me believe that "you hear 'everyone should be in therapy' from all corners". Believe it or not, this commercial is not what made me believe that you hear that sentiment everywhere. What made me believe that was hearing it everywhere. Here are some examples: Go to therapy before dating https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/l2igvw/go_to_therapy_before_dating/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/l2igvw/go_to... > There are armchair diagnoses of celebrities and other public figures happening in real time, alongside tweets admonishing people who display troubling behavior with the phrase “go to therapy!” There are detailed fantasies unfurled in long threads about what the world might look like if everyone (but especially cis hetero men) went to therapy and worked out their issues — all of the toxic masculinity poisoning the wells of communication and paths to healing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/opinion/therapy-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/opinion/therapy-america.h... Why Everyone Should Try Therapy at Least Once https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/why-everyone-should-try-therapy-least-once https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/why-everyone-s...

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dang 3y ago

You broke the site guidelines repeatedly and badly in this thread, as well as in other recent threads (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36923982 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36923982, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36736880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36736880). That's not cool. We have to ban accounts that post this way, because it destroys what the site is for. I don't want to ban you! If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Fortunately many of your other comments have been fine, so this should be easy to fix.

tptacek 3y ago

You went through the trouble to write a substantive comment but sabotaged yourself with the swipe you used to introduce it.

Michelangelo11 3y ago
Why do you see it as sabotage? I don't, given the comments leading up to that one.

add-sub-mul-div 3y ago

> you would, I hope, be revolted by a funeral company that advertised their funerals as a place to meet girls at a time when they're emotionally vulnerable Of course it's stupid but I expect advertising to be stupid and I try not to pay attention to it. A company promoting therapy in a stupid way doesn't change how I think about therapy in general. And if I see a dumb commercial about therapy I don't let it make me believe that "you hear 'everyone should be in therapy' from all corners". We're supposed to be skeptical about advertising, not let it shape our view of the world.

Michelangelo11 3y ago
The point is that they ran this ad in 2022 and it wasn't met with widespread ridicule or outrage (which happened with many, many other ads), which says a lot about the current culture. > And if I see a dumb commercial about therapy I don't let it make me believe that "you hear 'everyone should be in therapy' from all corners". Believe it or not, this commercial is not what made me believe that you hear that sentiment everywhere. What made me believe that was hearing it everywhere. Here are some examples: Go to therapy before dating https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/l2igvw/go_to_therapy_before_dating/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button https://www.reddit.com/r/dating_advice/comments/l2igvw/go_to... > There are armchair diagnoses of celebrities and other public figures happening in real time, alongside tweets admonishing people who display troubling behavior with the phrase “go to therapy!” There are detailed fantasies unfurled in long threads about what the world might look like if everyone (but especially cis hetero men) went to therapy and worked out their issues — all of the toxic masculinity poisoning the wells of communication and paths to healing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/opinion/therapy-america.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/opinion/therapy-america.h... Why Everyone Should Try Therapy at Least Once https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/why-everyone-should-try-therapy-least-once https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/mind-and-body/why-everyone-s...