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A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. We have had posts about helping Syrian developers get jobs outside of

A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. We have had posts about helping Syrian developers get jobs outside of Syria, people hit hard by economic crisis, people dying. But you don't care, you want to waste $1200 on crap you don't need. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club/quotes/#quote_38665 http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club/quotes/#quote_386... This is an international place to share news about technology and how it can help us better our lives. These kinds of posts belong on Facebook, if anywhere. But to be honest, I think your 'friends' will not appreciate this type of bragging.

argonaut 13y ago
No. Just no. HN is a forum for hackers to talk and discuss anything that interests them, which may very well include the latest cool gadgets someone wants to buy. In fact, HN guidelines specifically say: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics. HN is not the zero-sum, channel of communication-most-important that you think it is. This is not a zero-sum game. HN is not a place where you badger other people for talking about a topic just because you think another topic is more "important." You don't yell at your friends for talking about startups instead of Syria. At least I hope you don't. You're just being mean.
- digitalnomad 13y ago
  Absolutely agreed with Argonaut ^^
jacquesm 13y ago
> A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. I hope you're not an example of their alumni.
serf 13y ago
what are you upset about? Are you upset because the wheels of capitalism continue rolling for the people that aren't under direct distress due to a bad situation happening elsewhere in the world, away from them? Or are you upset because the first time you hit on the philosophical and existential elements of materialism it was in a brad pitt movie? What, exactly, does Syria have to do with OP? Given that there is something terrible happening at all times, do you find yourself fatigued after so many years of trying to convince everyone to stop living life and to start needlessly becoming anxious about a war they can't influence instead of looking for a new toy? I eagerly await your response to the hundreds of consumer product reviews that get posted on HN on a weekly basis. I hope you can convince all of them, too, that they are out of touch and need to focus their attentions on whatever some pseudo-anonymous guy on the internet deems important at the moment.

argonaut 13y ago

No. Just no. HN is a forum for hackers to talk and discuss anything that interests them, which may very well include the latest cool gadgets someone wants to buy. In fact, HN guidelines specifically say: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics. HN is not the zero-sum, channel of communication-most-important that you think it is. This is not a zero-sum game. HN is not a place where you badger other people for talking about a topic just because you think another topic is more "important." You don't yell at your friends for talking about startups instead of Syria. At least I hope you don't. You're just being mean.

digitalnomad 13y ago
Absolutely agreed with Argonaut ^^

jacquesm 13y ago

> A course on 'stop being an insensitive douche', that is probably where you should start. I hope you're not an example of their alumni.

serf 13y ago

what are you upset about? Are you upset because the wheels of capitalism continue rolling for the people that aren't under direct distress due to a bad situation happening elsewhere in the world, away from them? Or are you upset because the first time you hit on the philosophical and existential elements of materialism it was in a brad pitt movie? What, exactly, does Syria have to do with OP? Given that there is something terrible happening at all times, do you find yourself fatigued after so many years of trying to convince everyone to stop living life and to start needlessly becoming anxious about a war they can't influence instead of looking for a new toy? I eagerly await your response to the hundreds of consumer product reviews that get posted on HN on a weekly basis. I hope you can convince all of them, too, that they are out of touch and need to focus their attentions on whatever some pseudo-anonymous guy on the internet deems important at the moment.