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I think it’s sad how out of touch with reality you are. These comments are saintly compared to what you would read on 4chan. The opinions expressed here are ver

I think it’s sad how out of touch with reality you are. These comments are saintly compared to what you would read on 4chan. The opinions expressed here are very much in line with how the average person feels; they are not far outside the Overton Window. You are the one in the thread making it personal and calling people’s ancestors racists (as if that somehow had anything to do with them or their opinion)

underlipton 3y ago
>These comments are saintly compared to what you would read on 4chan. Uh huh... So I decided to test that theory. The first thread got the equivalent of flagged and killed, just like HN's. Strike one. The second: https://imgur.com/a/WtDAL9o https://imgur.com/a/WtDAL9o Certainly more uncouth, but essentially the same sentiments of 1) being incensed at the idea of being called racist for choosing who to date based on race (which it is), 2) being baselessly distrustful of the author's motives and methods, and 3) pushing pseudoscience about the nature of attraction across "races". Actually, the 4chan posters were occasionally more charitable (praising the article for pointing out the plight of non-white men) and open-minded (avoiding a fixation on the race issue by pointing out that other forms of discrimination, like heightism, rarely receive such attention). Meanwhile, HN is supposed to be a much more principled forum. There are a few posts of the sort mentioned above, but they're almost to a one down-voted. The fact that discourse here (where people are putting a screen name on their comments, even) gets anywhere close to the kind seen on 4chan is incredibly distressing. That's reality. In any case, I'm respectfully asking not to hear from you again. I don't think I have anything useful to gain from conversation with you and would like to be free from it going forward. I expect that you'll be reasonable.
- subjectsigma 3y ago
  This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever read on orange site. You clearly have zero self awareness and/or are trolling. If you like posting on 4chan, go there. If you read my other comment on the thread, you’ll find that I agreed with your core premise that racial filters for online dating are harmful. There were others too. I suppose you didn’t notice this or something because it wasn’t surrounded by slurs? Or you were too busy writing your pouty comment that got flagged? I don’t have any other explanation for why you think charitable comments on 4chan = good, charitable comments on HN = unacceptable. I’ll comment on whatever I like, if that happens to be what you posted I’ll leave that comment with zero hesitations.
  - underlipton 3y ago
    So, you didn't read what I wrote, and defaulted to projection of your own lack of self-awareness and baseless insults. Actually, "subjectsigma" (really?), I think you'd be more at home on 4chan. Please stop lowering the quality of HN's comment section with the behavior I mentioned above.
    - subjectsigma 3y ago
      It’s a reference to the game Bioshock, you absolute clown. https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Subject_Delta https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Subject_Delta So is the email in my bio.
      - underlipton 3y ago
        You need to leave.

underlipton 3y ago

>These comments are saintly compared to what you would read on 4chan. Uh huh... So I decided to test that theory. The first thread got the equivalent of flagged and killed, just like HN's. Strike one. The second: https://imgur.com/a/WtDAL9o https://imgur.com/a/WtDAL9o Certainly more uncouth, but essentially the same sentiments of 1) being incensed at the idea of being called racist for choosing who to date based on race (which it is), 2) being baselessly distrustful of the author's motives and methods, and 3) pushing pseudoscience about the nature of attraction across "races". Actually, the 4chan posters were occasionally more charitable (praising the article for pointing out the plight of non-white men) and open-minded (avoiding a fixation on the race issue by pointing out that other forms of discrimination, like heightism, rarely receive such attention). Meanwhile, HN is supposed to be a much more principled forum. There are a few posts of the sort mentioned above, but they're almost to a one down-voted. The fact that discourse here (where people are putting a screen name on their comments, even) gets anywhere close to the kind seen on 4chan is incredibly distressing. That's reality. In any case, I'm respectfully asking not to hear from you again. I don't think I have anything useful to gain from conversation with you and would like to be free from it going forward. I expect that you'll be reasonable.

subjectsigma 3y ago
This is one of the stupidest things I’ve ever read on orange site. You clearly have zero self awareness and/or are trolling. If you like posting on 4chan, go there. If you read my other comment on the thread, you’ll find that I agreed with your core premise that racial filters for online dating are harmful. There were others too. I suppose you didn’t notice this or something because it wasn’t surrounded by slurs? Or you were too busy writing your pouty comment that got flagged? I don’t have any other explanation for why you think charitable comments on 4chan = good, charitable comments on HN = unacceptable. I’ll comment on whatever I like, if that happens to be what you posted I’ll leave that comment with zero hesitations.
- underlipton 3y ago
  So, you didn't read what I wrote, and defaulted to projection of your own lack of self-awareness and baseless insults. Actually, "subjectsigma" (really?), I think you'd be more at home on 4chan. Please stop lowering the quality of HN's comment section with the behavior I mentioned above.
  - subjectsigma 3y ago
    It’s a reference to the game Bioshock, you absolute clown. https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Subject_Delta https://bioshock.fandom.com/wiki/Subject_Delta So is the email in my bio.
    - underlipton 3y ago
      You need to leave.