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> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.
by reaperman 2y ago
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- talldayo 2y agoI think this is a fair cross-examination. The author really wants to tie this back into "American loneliness" but I would posit that being a magazine columnist is one of their largest roadblocks to casually making friends.
- jzb 2y agoWhy do you posit that?
- talldayo 2y agoEsquire basically makes their living off running inflammatory pop culture columns that range from "mildly titillating" to "purely objectifying". They're politically hated by conservatives and liberals, and are nearly indistinguishable from a tabloid in terms of content alone. I curate my friend group to not have these sorts of talents among them.
- HelloMcFly 2y agoI have a hard time believing that most people, in a social context, would be turned off from continuing to engage in someone because they are a magazine columnist. Personally, were I to witness someone writing off a whole human being because of such a normal job, I'd make sure to curate that person out of my life.
- InsideOutSanta 2y agoI'd love to have more magazine columnist friends. I'm sure they have a lot of interesting stories about weird stuff they wrote about in the past.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoWhat the fuck are you even talking about? I honestly don't know what point you're trying to make.