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You realize "I won't tell you the rules" is an asshole move in and of itself, right? There's 8 billion people on this planet, from hundreds of different cultur

You realize "I won't tell you the rules" is an asshole move in and of itself, right? There's 8 billion people on this planet, from hundreds of different cultures. Everyone has different intuitions, different values, different cultural expectations. I'm not saying the rules have to be hard rules or anything. But if you can't even articulate the basic shape of the rules, then it's really 100% on you when people don't follow the magic ideas in your head.

consteval 2y ago
> You realize "I won't tell you the rules" is an asshole move in and of itself, right? I disagree, the asshole move is actually playing stupid. You don't need someone to tell you the rules because the assumption is you're a human adult with a functioning brain, who has the discretion to tell right from wrong and can make good decisions. I think this incessant hand-holding is rather pathetic. If I go into starbucks and order 500 iced coffees, they could very well turn me away. What, but I'm paying! And there's no rule, right? Sure if we decide to play stupid, and pretend this is our first day on Earth. But it isn't our first day on Earth, and this outcome is not only reasonable - it's obvious. This scenario is even worse, because here WPE isn't even offering to pay. You can't issue hundreds of thousands of requests and then go "what little ole me? I didn't do anything teehee". Stop. They knew what they were doing and they knew they were pushing it way past what a normal user would do.