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I'm going by what I was told and photos I saw... Why are Americans always so quick to cast shade? This is the comments section, I'm not about to write an essay

I'm going by what I was told and photos I saw... Why are Americans always so quick to cast shade? This is the comments section, I'm not about to write an essay about all the details here.

scandox 3y ago
I think it's pertinent information to know. I found their comment interesting.
Aurornis 3y ago
Because you didn’t mention any photos? You just said you found a piece of tritinite, not that you found photos and stories of her involvement. Sorry, not trying to “cast shade”. Just trying to clarify they tritinite by itself isn’t exceptionally rare nor did it require involvement in the Manhattan Project to acquire. You can buy pieces of it online from places like United Nuclear.
- jamal-kumar 3y ago
  They got rid of that gif on their front page that had the guy with the rapidly moving eyebrows asking if you were looking for any uranium. That was the best
walnutclosefarm 3y ago
Well, the details are at least somewhat impeached by the fact that she got the date wrong (or you did, in your comment). There was no Trinitite to be had at Los Alamos until 1945.
- Retric 3y ago
  Could easily be a reference to when Roosevelt formally authorizes the atomic bomb project in January 1942 or her related involvement etc. Honestly commemorating the projects start date make the story more believable in my mind not less.
  - jamal-kumar 3y ago
    I found a couple of cool rocks... I dunno people's incredulousness as of late on the most mundane of things makes them look kinda like they're missing something
    - circuit10 3y ago
      I think there has been some misunderstanding here, most people read "she apparently was involved in the manhattan project somehow" as "based on the fact that she had this, I think she must have been involved in the Manhattan project as there is no other way that she would have it" whereas what you meant was "I know from other sources that she was involved in the Manhattan project"
nico 3y ago
> Why are Americans always so quick to cast shade? Not sure it’s an American thing, but it’s definitely a thing here in HN, a lot of times it’s not that bad, but it does feel crappy
- jamal-kumar 3y ago
  I left the continent to get away from that shit. It's tiring as hell
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  - circuit10 3y ago
    I don't understand what happened in this thread that is so bad, you told a story and gave (what seemed like, because of the "apparently") a guess as to what happened and someone else offered another possible explanation that you might not have known?
    - jamal-kumar 3y ago
      I guess I'm in the wrong place to try to explain to anyone involved why being a know-it-all is insufferable
      - circuit10 3y ago
        I thought it was useful and interesting information? You don't have to feel attacked by it
        jamal-kumar 3y ago
        I reserve the right to find it to be a very annoying behaviour that has cropped up in recent years, especially with people who spend way too much time on the internet, and I think I got enough upvotes to know that there's others who at least silently agree
freejazz 3y ago
Oh, they are just trying be "factually helpful" (not that I think it's a particularly helpful contribution)
bogdanstanciu 3y ago
I didn't think above was shade, but I'm only Canadian :(
fsckboy 3y ago
not only was he not casting shade, commenter actually added information to the conversation.

I'm going by what I was told and photos I saw... Why are Americans always so quick to cast shade? This is the comments section, I'm not about to write an essay about all the details here.

scandox 3y ago

I think it's pertinent information to know. I found their comment interesting.

Aurornis 3y ago

Because you didn’t mention any photos? You just said you found a piece of tritinite, not that you found photos and stories of her involvement. Sorry, not trying to “cast shade”. Just trying to clarify they tritinite by itself isn’t exceptionally rare nor did it require involvement in the Manhattan Project to acquire. You can buy pieces of it online from places like United Nuclear.

jamal-kumar 3y ago
They got rid of that gif on their front page that had the guy with the rapidly moving eyebrows asking if you were looking for any uranium. That was the best

walnutclosefarm 3y ago

Well, the details are at least somewhat impeached by the fact that she got the date wrong (or you did, in your comment). There was no Trinitite to be had at Los Alamos until 1945.

Retric 3y ago
Could easily be a reference to when Roosevelt formally authorizes the atomic bomb project in January 1942 or her related involvement etc. Honestly commemorating the projects start date make the story more believable in my mind not less.
- jamal-kumar 3y ago
  I found a couple of cool rocks... I dunno people's incredulousness as of late on the most mundane of things makes them look kinda like they're missing something
  - circuit10 3y ago
    I think there has been some misunderstanding here, most people read "she apparently was involved in the manhattan project somehow" as "based on the fact that she had this, I think she must have been involved in the Manhattan project as there is no other way that she would have it" whereas what you meant was "I know from other sources that she was involved in the Manhattan project"

nico 3y ago

> Why are Americans always so quick to cast shade? Not sure it’s an American thing, but it’s definitely a thing here in HN, a lot of times it’s not that bad, but it does feel crappy

jamal-kumar 3y ago
I left the continent to get away from that shit. It's tiring as hell
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- circuit10 3y ago
  I don't understand what happened in this thread that is so bad, you told a story and gave (what seemed like, because of the "apparently") a guess as to what happened and someone else offered another possible explanation that you might not have known?
  - jamal-kumar 3y ago
    I guess I'm in the wrong place to try to explain to anyone involved why being a know-it-all is insufferable
    - circuit10 3y ago
      I thought it was useful and interesting information? You don't have to feel attacked by it
      - jamal-kumar 3y ago
        I reserve the right to find it to be a very annoying behaviour that has cropped up in recent years, especially with people who spend way too much time on the internet, and I think I got enough upvotes to know that there's others who at least silently agree

freejazz 3y ago

Oh, they are just trying be "factually helpful" (not that I think it's a particularly helpful contribution)

bogdanstanciu 3y ago

I didn't think above was shade, but I'm only Canadian :(

fsckboy 3y ago

not only was he not casting shade, commenter actually added information to the conversation.