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Found it fascinating. At the same time so upsetting that I am unable to completely read it all. Will come back to it later. Time to Google if this is 'normal'

Found it fascinating. At the same time so upsetting that I am unable to completely read it all. Will come back to it later. Time to Google if this is 'normal' Starts to Google. Does anyone else feel this way about this and other things?

kaichanvong 13y ago
Would be nice to know why I'm being down voted for having an opinion on an article I'm not used to reading that I deem as being quite emotionally upsetting. Are other people devoid of emotion and enjoying reading it?
- ksmiley 13y ago
  It's possible you're getting downvoted because of the way you phrased your post. >> At the same time so upsetting that I am unable to completely read it all. At first I interpreted this as, "[it is] so upsetting [because] I am unable to read it all". It makes it sound like you're complaining that the page didn't load all the way, or something. I had to read it a few times to understand what you meant. It could have been less ambiguous worded as, "At the same time, I am unable to completely read it all because it's so upsetting". If a reader misinterprets this sentence, the rest of the post becomes incomprehensible. >> Time to Google if this is 'normal' "this" is a bit vague here. What do you want to know is normal? Being upset by articles in general? Being upset by articles specifically about rare diseases? Being upset by this specific article? >> Starts to Google. Narration is the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a chat room, but not HN. It makes your tone much less formal, and some might see that as inappropriately flippant for a serious topic. >> Does anyone else feel this way about this and other things? "about this" is vague, again. The "and other things" clause makes this question so broad that it becomes tautological. "Does anyone else feel [upset] about [things that are upsetting]?"
  - kaichanvong 13y ago
    Thank you for explaining how you read my comment. I didn't mean anything around the page loading, just that simply was interested if people found the story of the girl's experiences heavy to read on an emotional level. Thus I was interested if I am emotionally weak dealing with this compared to others, why that is and if it's normal to be so shocked by something. Perhaps I should just not have said anything :)
    - abraininavat 13y ago
      Someone is deleting random words from your posts.
- talmir 13y ago
  It is an interesting and well written article about a disease more than 99% of us are fortunate enough never to have. I think the downvotes you are recieving reflect how on the internet much of the discussion going on is a result of people merely reading the title, and maybe half a paragraph and then moving onto the comment sections to argue about points that were already covered in the article itself. Which, judging purely by your comment, you appear to have done.
- T-hawk 13y ago
  Your comment didn't add anything to the discussion. You liked but couldn't finish reading the article... well, how is that useful information, why would anybody care about what you read? The comment is fluff and noise, not worthy of occupying space higher up in the thread among posts with real informational value. The downvotes weren't for having the opinion, they were for making a post that conveys no interesting content or information. (I didn't downvote, but I understand the mindset of those that do.)
adaml_623 13y ago
Yeah I feel that way about a lot of articles on the web. And this article for example I didn't read until it had several hundred points on HN which implies it would almost certainly be worth the read. I skip over tons of articles on news websites and have been wondering for years if it would be possible to filter the headlines on news sites to avoid even seeing the 'human tragedy' stories that fill the news these days.
incision 13y ago
>Does anyone else feel this way about this and other things? I'm finding this hard to articulate, so I'm just going to "speak". I've felt the way you describe at times, but think it's good to face such things. I was forced to face crippling illness and death in people very close to me several times before I turned 30. These possibilities are in us. There's no matter of deserve in play, it just is. I don't continue to look and read about something like this to gawk and be entertained or desensitized, but to become slightly more educated, thankful and just maybe prepared.

kaichanvong 13y ago

Would be nice to know why I'm being down voted for having an opinion on an article I'm not used to reading that I deem as being quite emotionally upsetting. Are other people devoid of emotion and enjoying reading it?

ksmiley 13y ago
It's possible you're getting downvoted because of the way you phrased your post. >> At the same time so upsetting that I am unable to completely read it all. At first I interpreted this as, "[it is] so upsetting [because] I am unable to read it all". It makes it sound like you're complaining that the page didn't load all the way, or something. I had to read it a few times to understand what you meant. It could have been less ambiguous worded as, "At the same time, I am unable to completely read it all because it's so upsetting". If a reader misinterprets this sentence, the rest of the post becomes incomprehensible. >> Time to Google if this is 'normal' "this" is a bit vague here. What do you want to know is normal? Being upset by articles in general? Being upset by articles specifically about rare diseases? Being upset by this specific article? >> Starts to Google. Narration is the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a chat room, but not HN. It makes your tone much less formal, and some might see that as inappropriately flippant for a serious topic. >> Does anyone else feel this way about this and other things? "about this" is vague, again. The "and other things" clause makes this question so broad that it becomes tautological. "Does anyone else feel [upset] about [things that are upsetting]?"
- kaichanvong 13y ago
  Thank you for explaining how you read my comment. I didn't mean anything around the page loading, just that simply was interested if people found the story of the girl's experiences heavy to read on an emotional level. Thus I was interested if I am emotionally weak dealing with this compared to others, why that is and if it's normal to be so shocked by something. Perhaps I should just not have said anything :)
  - abraininavat 13y ago
    Someone is deleting random words from your posts.
talmir 13y ago
It is an interesting and well written article about a disease more than 99% of us are fortunate enough never to have. I think the downvotes you are recieving reflect how on the internet much of the discussion going on is a result of people merely reading the title, and maybe half a paragraph and then moving onto the comment sections to argue about points that were already covered in the article itself. Which, judging purely by your comment, you appear to have done.
T-hawk 13y ago
Your comment didn't add anything to the discussion. You liked but couldn't finish reading the article... well, how is that useful information, why would anybody care about what you read? The comment is fluff and noise, not worthy of occupying space higher up in the thread among posts with real informational value. The downvotes weren't for having the opinion, they were for making a post that conveys no interesting content or information. (I didn't downvote, but I understand the mindset of those that do.)

adaml_623 13y ago

Yeah I feel that way about a lot of articles on the web. And this article for example I didn't read until it had several hundred points on HN which implies it would almost certainly be worth the read. I skip over tons of articles on news websites and have been wondering for years if it would be possible to filter the headlines on news sites to avoid even seeing the 'human tragedy' stories that fill the news these days.

incision 13y ago

>Does anyone else feel this way about this and other things? I'm finding this hard to articulate, so I'm just going to "speak". I've felt the way you describe at times, but think it's good to face such things. I was forced to face crippling illness and death in people very close to me several times before I turned 30. These possibilities are in us. There's no matter of deserve in play, it just is. I don't continue to look and read about something like this to gawk and be entertained or desensitized, but to become slightly more educated, thankful and just maybe prepared.