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My right to flag comments was previously unfairly taken away from me. Maybe if I still had this right, I would've just flagged and moved on, but I didn't have t

My right to flag comments was previously unfairly taken away from me. Maybe if I still had this right, I would've just flagged and moved on, but I didn't have this right. I don't even know why it was taken away.

jjulius 2y ago
If "Condolences, he seems to have been a principled person" is flaggable to you, then I think you may be letting some very strong beliefs or biases cloud your judgement.
- OutOfHere 2y ago
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  - jjulius 2y ago
    Even thoughtful people can be wrong, make mistakes, or have lapses in judgement. Nobody is perfect, we all have flaws. Edit: Heck, even by definition, "thoughtful" doesn't mean "accurate". You can put a lot of thought and consideration into something and still end up with a different viewpoint than your neighbor. That's okay, that's life. Edit 2: "Didn't get his way"? He was part of an ongoing trial that hadn't concluded yet, so it hadn't been decided whether or not he "got his way". Setting that very obvious fact aside, we have no idea what he actually wanted or hoped for here, or from in life in general, or why he made this final decision, and to suggest otherwise is about as "thoughtful" as you insinuate he was.
    - OutOfHere 2y ago
      The word "thoughtful" can carry different meanings. It can have a literal meaning (as in "deliberate") which you resonate with, and a different meaning (as in "solicitous" toward AI) that I resonate with. Neither meaning is wrong. Reference: merriam-webster thesaurus
      - jjulius 2y ago
        >Reference: merriam-Webster thesaurus Oof, are you using a thesaurus to determine the definition of a word? That's what a dictionary is for; a thesaurus is a list of words that have similar or opposite meanings. But within that, there are varying degrees of how similar/different words can be. In point of fact, Merriam-Webster doesn't mark "solicitous" as having the strongest degree of similarity to the word, which means we can't easily conflate the two because they're not quite the same thing. Further, for the "solicitous" word you cherry-picked, it says that thoughtful means "given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others". That means that for the sake of the conversation with regard to the decedent, the word "thoughtful" as used by GP is still very vague. He thought about other people, simple as that. For the sake of clarity, this is what "thoughtful" means: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thoughtful https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thoughtful This is what "solicitous" means: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitous https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitous And these are words that are related to "thoughtful" to widely varying degrees: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtful https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtful
        OutOfHere 2y ago
        Meditative (he was) vs heedful (he wasn't for AI) (from the dictionary link)
        jjulius 2y ago
        >... heedful (he wasn't for AI) Preceding the use of that word as an example, it clearly says "having thoughts" as the definition. Between the blog he posted, the interview he gave, and the fact that he was assisting an active investigation, I'd say that he both "had some thoughts" and "heeded AI". Again, we're back to the fact that you're suggesting that it's cool to flag a simple "condolences" comment just because you disagree with how the decedent viewed the world. Hope you have a pleasant weekend.
        OutOfHere 2y ago
dang 2y ago
Your right to flag comments hasn't been taken away from you. (In fact, you flagged a comment 2 hours after you posted this one.) But even if it had, that doesn't make it ok to break the site guidelines.

jjulius 2y ago

If "Condolences, he seems to have been a principled person" is flaggable to you, then I think you may be letting some very strong beliefs or biases cloud your judgement.

OutOfHere 2y ago
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- jjulius 2y ago
  Even thoughtful people can be wrong, make mistakes, or have lapses in judgement. Nobody is perfect, we all have flaws. Edit: Heck, even by definition, "thoughtful" doesn't mean "accurate". You can put a lot of thought and consideration into something and still end up with a different viewpoint than your neighbor. That's okay, that's life. Edit 2: "Didn't get his way"? He was part of an ongoing trial that hadn't concluded yet, so it hadn't been decided whether or not he "got his way". Setting that very obvious fact aside, we have no idea what he actually wanted or hoped for here, or from in life in general, or why he made this final decision, and to suggest otherwise is about as "thoughtful" as you insinuate he was.
  - OutOfHere 2y ago
    The word "thoughtful" can carry different meanings. It can have a literal meaning (as in "deliberate") which you resonate with, and a different meaning (as in "solicitous" toward AI) that I resonate with. Neither meaning is wrong. Reference: merriam-webster thesaurus
    - jjulius 2y ago
      >Reference: merriam-Webster thesaurus Oof, are you using a thesaurus to determine the definition of a word? That's what a dictionary is for; a thesaurus is a list of words that have similar or opposite meanings. But within that, there are varying degrees of how similar/different words can be. In point of fact, Merriam-Webster doesn't mark "solicitous" as having the strongest degree of similarity to the word, which means we can't easily conflate the two because they're not quite the same thing. Further, for the "solicitous" word you cherry-picked, it says that thoughtful means "given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others". That means that for the sake of the conversation with regard to the decedent, the word "thoughtful" as used by GP is still very vague. He thought about other people, simple as that. For the sake of clarity, this is what "thoughtful" means: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thoughtful https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thoughtful This is what "solicitous" means: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitous https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solicitous And these are words that are related to "thoughtful" to widely varying degrees: https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtful https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thoughtful
      - OutOfHere 2y ago
        Meditative (he was) vs heedful (he wasn't for AI) (from the dictionary link)
        jjulius 2y ago
        >... heedful (he wasn't for AI) Preceding the use of that word as an example, it clearly says "having thoughts" as the definition. Between the blog he posted, the interview he gave, and the fact that he was assisting an active investigation, I'd say that he both "had some thoughts" and "heeded AI". Again, we're back to the fact that you're suggesting that it's cool to flag a simple "condolences" comment just because you disagree with how the decedent viewed the world. Hope you have a pleasant weekend.
        OutOfHere 2y ago

dang 2y ago

Your right to flag comments hasn't been taken away from you. (In fact, you flagged a comment 2 hours after you posted this one.) But even if it had, that doesn't make it ok to break the site guidelines.