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That’s a depressingly negative way to view people who are just trying to break the isolation of modern life.
by hnlmorg 6mo ago
That’s a depressingly negative way to view people who are just trying to break the isolation of modern life.
- deleted 6mo ago[deleted]
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago[flagged]
- http-teapot 6mo agoHow this gets posted on HN is beyond me, perhaps that's where the isolation of modern life leads to.
- DeRock 6mo ago> that pretty girl? a slut who's been had by half the guys in there. I'm not going to comment on the rest, but this is a gross and misogynistic remark.
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo ago[flagged]
- rootusrootus 6mo agoIs it any worse than the anecdotes about the guys beating their wife and kids? It is a bit offensive, but on the other hand, if we are being honest real life often is. I do not think we should go out of our way to offend people, but neither should we go out of our way to be offended.
- DeRock 6mo agoIf you equate being sexually promiscuous with beating your children, then you have some serious self reflection to do on your moral compass.
- rootusrootus 6mo agoI have never met someone in real life who would say that sexual promiscuity is worse than beating your wife and/or kids. Your moral compass is indeed in need of calibration.
- hnlmorg 6mo agoVillage life isnt for everyone but what you’re describing here isn’t even remotely the same thing as the discussion we’re having about being friendly towards strangers. If you need to introduce yourself, then you clearly don’t live in a village where everyone knows your name. ;)
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo agoI was just pointing out what the pre-modern life was like.
- hnlmorg 6mo agoNo. You're pointing out what small-village life is like. There's plenty of villages that are still like this (I lived in one until recently). And your comment implies that cities are a relatively new phenomena despite the fact that most cities are hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.
- b65e8bee43c2ed0 6mo agocity life a hundred and a thousand years ago was entirely unlike city life now.
- djeastm 6mo agoIt is possible to treat someone as worthy of sympathy and still be annoyed.