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But if you are around people that do, please don’t tweet it.

by parallelist 13y ago

mikeash 13y ago
Why should my actions be limited by the wishes of inconsiderate people?
- tokenrove 13y ago
  That depends whether you want to repay inconsiderate behavior with inconsiderate behavior or not.
- aaronem 13y ago
  Well, gee, that's an awfully good question there, Mike. I dunno, I'm just spitballin' here -- I guess maybe you'd want to try to show that you're in some way better than them? Nah, of course not, what a ridiculous notion that'd be.
  - mikeash 13y ago
    An interesting notion, but not one I'm particularly prone to.
    - aaronem 13y ago
      Such candor is remarkable in this dissipated age. Don't get me wrong -- judging by what I've seen of you on HN, I'm quite glad I don't know you socially. But your forthrightness here is impressive nonetheless.
      - mikeash 13y ago
        I think it's funny that everybody's defending the people whose conversations were being tweeted, even though that group includes people who abuse flight attendants for no good reason and people who shout their breakups from the rooftop for everybody to hear, but simply stating that maybe such behavior doesn't deserve respect gets this awesome passive-aggressive "I'm quite glad I don't know you socially" business. To be clear, I'm quite nice to people who deserve it, and to people who haven't shown anything either way (i.e. I am nice to strangers whose personalities I simply do not know). All I'm saying is that I feel no need to accommodate jerks. It's strange that society has conditioned us so strongly that such an obvious statement is seen as shocking. I generally don't care if you're talking at the next table over and I can hear what you say, although I'm happy to be entertained by it if it's amusing. However, I think it's idiotic to be at that next table over and then be shocked, shocked that the information you're broadcasting is actually being received by other people.

But if you are around people that do, please don’t tweet it.

mikeash 13y ago

Why should my actions be limited by the wishes of inconsiderate people?

tokenrove 13y ago
That depends whether you want to repay inconsiderate behavior with inconsiderate behavior or not.
aaronem 13y ago
Well, gee, that's an awfully good question there, Mike. I dunno, I'm just spitballin' here -- I guess maybe you'd want to try to show that you're in some way better than them? Nah, of course not, what a ridiculous notion that'd be.
- mikeash 13y ago
  An interesting notion, but not one I'm particularly prone to.
  - aaronem 13y ago
    Such candor is remarkable in this dissipated age. Don't get me wrong -- judging by what I've seen of you on HN, I'm quite glad I don't know you socially. But your forthrightness here is impressive nonetheless.
    - mikeash 13y ago
      I think it's funny that everybody's defending the people whose conversations were being tweeted, even though that group includes people who abuse flight attendants for no good reason and people who shout their breakups from the rooftop for everybody to hear, but simply stating that maybe such behavior doesn't deserve respect gets this awesome passive-aggressive "I'm quite glad I don't know you socially" business. To be clear, I'm quite nice to people who deserve it, and to people who haven't shown anything either way (i.e. I am nice to strangers whose personalities I simply do not know). All I'm saying is that I feel no need to accommodate jerks. It's strange that society has conditioned us so strongly that such an obvious statement is seen as shocking. I generally don't care if you're talking at the next table over and I can hear what you say, although I'm happy to be entertained by it if it's amusing. However, I think it's idiotic to be at that next table over and then be shocked, shocked that the information you're broadcasting is actually being received by other people.