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zedshaw being an asshole. I'm shocked, shocked!
by iguana 13y ago
zedshaw being an asshole. I'm shocked, shocked!
- jrockway 13y agoHow is he being an asshole? He is exactly right. Watching Bitcoin from a detached and neutral position is absolutely pure entertainment. "Hey y'all, let's make a web page for transferring money and drugs!" "But I'm not very good at programming." "No worries, there's CRYPTO!!!!!" "Oh excellent, we'll sure screw over our oppressive government now! Down with the rule of law!!" <time passes> "Uh boss, someone just untraceably and anonymously stole all of our untraceable and anonymous money!" If you're not rolling on the floor laughing, you're missing out on life.
- lurkinggrue 13y agoI'm finding it quite funny and saw this coming a mile away.
- smtddr 13y ago>>How is he being an a__h___? He is exactly right. Being a a__h___ and being right aren't mutually exclusive. :) Sidenote: BTW, now that we're talking, if you have a coworker at Google who can get this comment[1] removed from my channel, I'd appreciate it. I reported it as hate-speech like a month ago or something. 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/SMTDDR/discussion https://www.youtube.com/user/SMTDDR/discussion For posterity's sake - http://i.imgur.com/6kpYvcM.png http://i.imgur.com/6kpYvcM.png
- jrockway 13y agoThat's pretty bad. I'll look into it.
- smtddr 13y agoThanks! I'm sure Google gets like a million of these a day. I'm probably in some queue somewhere.... and I've never dated a white girl. ;-)
- jrockway 13y agoAlso take a look at this: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802268 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802268 It seems like you should be able to just delete the comment and block that asshole. If you've tried that and it doesn't work, I'll escalate.
- smtddr 13y agohttp://i.imgur.com/zIWLiyr.png http://i.imgur.com/zIWLiyr.png For some reason, I'm only allowed to report it. =/ EDIT: I was able to block the user, but the comment remains it seems.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoWell, he might be right here and there, but he's still being an assohle, and it's not the first time we see him acting as one (I'd wager it's his most recognizable trait). Being right and/or smart and/or recognized doesn't, and shouldn't, give one an excuse to be a dick.
- jrockway 13y agoI don't think he's being an asshole, he just has the gift of being able to phrase his opinion in a way that makes people that disagree with him feel really bad. It's not being an asshole to tell someone they're being stupid when they do something stupid. These guys just lost several million dollars via their illicit drug-trading website. They don't need a pat on the back from zedshaw.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago> These guys just lost several million dollars via their illicit drug-trading website. They don't need a pat on the back from zedshaw. I'd agree if he limited his mockery to those people, but his comments are full of broad generalizations and target also honest people with ideas different than zed's. I don't even say I agree with those ideas, though I find the concept of crowdsourcing law worth serious exploring instead of dismissing outright (there are some serious people, like Robin Hanson, discussing this [0]). It's easy to laugh off things you don't understand. To be honest, I'm yet to see a single case of a person who truly understands an idea and then proceeds to sneer. For me, seeing one laughing at other peoples' ideas is a clear sign that the person doesn't know shit. [0] - http://hanson.gmu.edu/regprivlaw.html http://hanson.gmu.edu/regprivlaw.html
- __--__ 13y agoand he should give a damn about whether you agree or not because... ??
- Claudus 13y agoTheft can happen under any form of government, I'm not sure why you would think otherwise.