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worst analogy ever, especially for a post that so thinly veils your misguided feelings of superiority. ferraris were meant to be tweaked, what do you think the
by beachstartup 13y ago
worst analogy ever, especially for a post that so thinly veils your misguided feelings of superiority.
ferraris were meant to be tweaked, what do you think the entire field of motorsport exists for? from F1 all the way down to the local DE event at the local track, cars are tweaked endlessly, with passion. you won't find any shortage of tweaked exotics at your local autocross, either. if nobody "twaeked" cars, you wouldn't have ANY of the improvements in performance, safety, and comfort you find in your modern automobile.
and furthermore, a HUGE aftermarket exists for ferraris (and other cars, expensive or not) for the sole purpose of tweaking them and making them go faster, safer
there is no philosophical difference between the manufacturer "tweaking" cars, a privateer racing team putting together a specialized hill climber, or an enthusiast "tweaking" his own car in a garage while drinking six packs. none whatsoever. it's people, working on cars. period.
it's incredible there are people on HN like you. i'm a little shocked to be honest.
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- dominotw 13y agoOuch. That was unnecessarly rude. Not a good analogy I agree.
- cristianpascu 13y agoDo we have like sectarian wars on HN now? Who's worthy of being on HN and who's not?
- icebraining 13y agoHaven't we always? When one gets a lot of downvotes, the software often responds with an (hell)ban. How is that not the community deciding that some people are not worthy of being on HN?
- indlebe 13y agoI agree with you aside from your last comment. That wasn't needed. It's great that we have diversity of opinions on here.
- mistercow 13y ago>It's great that we have diversity of opinions on here. I agree that the last comment was overly snooty (I think it was in response to the implied snootiness of the original comment, but snootiness does not justify more snootiness). That said, I think there's a bit of an indirection of the point when you go to celebrating "diversity of opinions". Yes, diversity of opinions is good, but there is a difference between "diversity" and "the space of all possibilities". Some opinions are just dumb, and having them doesn't improve the community. More importantly, it is not merely the opinion that is being rejected - it is the attitude accompanying the opinion. If the original comment had been something along the lines of "I'm wary of trying psychoactive drugs because it seems like the brain is a very sensitive organ, and messing with its state could have subtle unintended consequences", then it would be expressing a very similar opinion, but the attitude would be completely different. By the same token, if the original comment had said "You're wasting your life if you don't use psychoactives to broaden your horizons", then that would be a polar opposite opinion, expressed with a similarly unacceptable attitude. I'm happy to see either of those opinions expressed on HN. But I'd happily do without either attitude.
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- Dove 13y agoit's incredible there are people on HN like you. i'm a little shocked to be honest. Yes, I was also sure this site was populated exclusively with ferrari-tweaking experts. I'm a little shocked, too, but there it is. ;)
- beachstartup 13y agooh, yeah i guess i didn't include the porsche people like DHH and his le mans prototypes.
- JacksonGariety 13y agoThat was a fantastic response.
- makeset 13y agoYou don't have much of a sense of humor, do you.
- vehementi 13y agoIf nobody gets your joke, the failure in communication was yours - and probably your own sense of humour.
- xxchan 13y agoIrregardless of that, the reply to OP's comment is representative of the attitudes that are common of HN. Sometimes I feel people just disagree and take apart anything for no other reason than longing for plain acknowledgement.
- beachstartup 13y agoirregardless is not a word
- phaemon 13y agoI think it is: I just saw two people use it and they both knew what it meant. ;)
- baby 13y agoAre you sure he's not making a joke as well?
- forklift 13y agoPretty sure dude was joking, but you, sir, win at bitter sanctimony. Bravo.