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Can you give an example of an apolitical topic? EDIT: unfortunately I can’t reply to the comments as I have been banned EDIT 2: I have been banned to reply to

Can you give an example of an apolitical topic? EDIT: unfortunately I can’t reply to the comments as I have been banned EDIT 2: I have been banned to reply to the commenter, dang told me EDIT 3: dang has now wiped all the upvotes on this message and given me 2 extra downvotes and suddenly another comment I made mentioning him in a totally different thread has been mass downvoted

dpkirchner 2y ago
There isn't one. It's the very nature of politics that it affects everything we humans do.
analognoise 2y ago
Almost everything can be discussed in an apolitical way - you just don’t talk politics. It isn’t a logic puzzle.
- bowsamic 2y ago
  Yes you can decide not to mention the politics inherent in the thing but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. I’m wondering if the person I’m replying to can produce a thing where it truly isn’t there
  - analognoise 2y ago
    But you can say that about anything. There are people whose whole expertise is one area of, say, film production. You can talk about films and critically analyze them without doing a deep dive into how props are made. It’s OK to have separate contexts. It isn’t a “gotcha” that “everything is political” - it just doesn’t matter when trying to do most things. It’s distracting and pointless; it’s a null statement. You can talk about anything without having to include politics the same way you can discuss literature without examining types of paper.
    - bowsamic 2y ago
      It’s not null, it’s true and profound
      - analognoise 2y ago
        In the “I’m 14 and this is deep” way, maybe. Nothing more.
tim333 2y ago
Providing memory safety in computer languages?
- darkwater 2y ago
  You are making governments secret agencies work harder. So, not apolitical.
nicolas_t 2y ago
I don't think you've been banned. There's some mechanism to rate limit replies in HN to prevent flamewars so maybe that's what you're seeing?
dang 2y ago
I don't believe I told you that, because our software doesn't work that way. Your account is rate-limited though. We rate limit accounts when they post too many low-quality comments and/or get involved in flamewars. That's probably what I told you.

dpkirchner 2y ago

There isn't one. It's the very nature of politics that it affects everything we humans do.

analognoise 2y ago

Almost everything can be discussed in an apolitical way - you just don’t talk politics. It isn’t a logic puzzle.

bowsamic 2y ago
Yes you can decide not to mention the politics inherent in the thing but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. I’m wondering if the person I’m replying to can produce a thing where it truly isn’t there
- analognoise 2y ago
  But you can say that about anything. There are people whose whole expertise is one area of, say, film production. You can talk about films and critically analyze them without doing a deep dive into how props are made. It’s OK to have separate contexts. It isn’t a “gotcha” that “everything is political” - it just doesn’t matter when trying to do most things. It’s distracting and pointless; it’s a null statement. You can talk about anything without having to include politics the same way you can discuss literature without examining types of paper.
  - bowsamic 2y ago
    It’s not null, it’s true and profound
    - analognoise 2y ago
      In the “I’m 14 and this is deep” way, maybe. Nothing more.

tim333 2y ago

Providing memory safety in computer languages?

darkwater 2y ago
You are making governments secret agencies work harder. So, not apolitical.

nicolas_t 2y ago

I don't think you've been banned. There's some mechanism to rate limit replies in HN to prevent flamewars so maybe that's what you're seeing?

dang 2y ago

I don't believe I told you that, because our software doesn't work that way. Your account is rate-limited though. We rate limit accounts when they post too many low-quality comments and/or get involved in flamewars. That's probably what I told you.