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> Maybe we're getting too hung up on a prescribed meaning of the word "ethics" rather than the larger meaning of what we're actually saying to each other. Huh,
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
> Maybe we're getting too hung up on a prescribed meaning of the word "ethics" rather than the larger meaning of what we're actually saying to each other.
Huh, this reminds me of speedrunners and speedrunning being called “cheaters” and “cheating” by new-to-speedrunning viewers on speedrun streams. (Really, they’re just interested in the glitchless categories.) It seems to be a fairly common first reaction and this thread helps put that in perspective.
> Oh, and your edit about "children" is rude.
That’s presumably not how they meant it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43060190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43060190
- cbarrick 2y ago> That’s presumably not how they meant it. Hah, I have made a misunderstanding again! I guess the philosophy of language _is_ on topic for this thread :P