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Telling someone to educate themselves and that they can just google whatever thing you're talking about is about as uncivil as you can get before openly insulti

Telling someone to educate themselves and that they can just google whatever thing you're talking about is about as uncivil as you can get before openly insulting them.

sbarre 2y ago
We can agree to disagree then. When someone comes around demanding that others provide them with information they can easily look up themselves, I don't see the problem in countering that with a politely-worded retort reminding them that they have agency in their own education. I even pointed them in the right direction with some suggestions. How would you have handled it?
- some_random 2y ago
  I would have linked them directly to that easily available evidence, checking to make sure that I choose the strongest examples of me being correct. This isn't a high bar, and if you keep alluding to things without even naming them of course people are going to demand you make them legible. Going around demanding people take your word as gospel then getting offended when they ask not even for sources but examples is completely unacceptable to me and evidently enough of HN for your comment to be flagged and removed.
  - sbarre 2y ago
    That's fair.. I wasn't the original poster (nor was I offended by the request - see below for my own self-reflection), but I see your point for sure. I'll admit that I can be guilty of speaking from personal authority/experience in forums and not feeling the need to provide references, because it's just a forum on the Internet and there's a limit to the effort I'm going to put into a discussion with strangers, but the other side of that is valid and there's nothing wrong with asking for receipts if you're skeptical... In the end I am realizing I mostly took exception to the tone of the other person (not the demand itself), and that's on me.. I should have just ignored him and moved on. Not everyone knows how to communicate properly.. Even now he's responding to my other comments (and even jumped into this thread) to antagonize further.. oh well.
- gooosle 2y ago
  > When someone comes around demanding that others provide them with information they can easily look up TIL 'please give examples/evidence' === demanding. You're so dishonest and insecure it's hilarious.

Telling someone to educate themselves and that they can just google whatever thing you're talking about is about as uncivil as you can get before openly insulting them.

sbarre 2y ago

We can agree to disagree then. When someone comes around demanding that others provide them with information they can easily look up themselves, I don't see the problem in countering that with a politely-worded retort reminding them that they have agency in their own education. I even pointed them in the right direction with some suggestions. How would you have handled it?

some_random 2y ago
I would have linked them directly to that easily available evidence, checking to make sure that I choose the strongest examples of me being correct. This isn't a high bar, and if you keep alluding to things without even naming them of course people are going to demand you make them legible. Going around demanding people take your word as gospel then getting offended when they ask not even for sources but examples is completely unacceptable to me and evidently enough of HN for your comment to be flagged and removed.
- sbarre 2y ago
  That's fair.. I wasn't the original poster (nor was I offended by the request - see below for my own self-reflection), but I see your point for sure. I'll admit that I can be guilty of speaking from personal authority/experience in forums and not feeling the need to provide references, because it's just a forum on the Internet and there's a limit to the effort I'm going to put into a discussion with strangers, but the other side of that is valid and there's nothing wrong with asking for receipts if you're skeptical... In the end I am realizing I mostly took exception to the tone of the other person (not the demand itself), and that's on me.. I should have just ignored him and moved on. Not everyone knows how to communicate properly.. Even now he's responding to my other comments (and even jumped into this thread) to antagonize further.. oh well.
gooosle 2y ago
> When someone comes around demanding that others provide them with information they can easily look up TIL 'please give examples/evidence' === demanding. You're so dishonest and insecure it's hilarious.