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Unless my mom or dad recently signed up for HN, I'm not terribly interested in any of this paternalistic (and patronizing) advice on how I should spend my life

by lbrandy 12y ago

Unless my mom or dad recently signed up for HN, I'm not terribly interested in any of this paternalistic (and patronizing) advice on how I should spend my life and time.

grogenaut 12y ago
Louis, Son, Is that you?
steveklabnik 12y ago
> Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is > inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, > flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all > users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, > please don't also comment that you did. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- lbrandy 12y ago
  I didn't do any of that. Read closer.
  - steveklabnik 12y ago
    Considering on-topic is "anything hackers find interesting," a complaint that something is not interesting is a complaint that something isn't appropriate for the site.
    - lbrandy 12y ago
      Again, read closer. I did not complain that it wasn't interesting. I said I wasn't interested [in considering] such advice. The use of the same root word is only interesting (uh oh) to those in the business of equivocation fallacies.
      - steveklabnik 12y ago
        If you are not interested in it, then you find it not interesting. If you found it interesting, you'd be interested in it. This is the least interesting conversation I've ever had.
        lbrandy 12y ago
        > If you are not interested in it, then you find it not interesting. Equivocation fallacy. Can't say you weren't warned. > This is the least interesting conversation I've ever had. It's difficult to have an interesting conversation with people in so much of a hurry to misunderstand what's being said.
        steveklabnik 12y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
        lbrandy 12y ago
        Wrong again, my friend. At no point did I claim you were wrong simply -because- you used a fallacy. I had other, better, reasons for that. You are bad at this and I've become bored.
    - ryanpardieck 12y ago
      I think you've seized too tightly to the word 'interesting' here. He was rejecting the advice as too paternalistic. And after reading the blog, I think that's pretty reasonable, even as I find myself agreeing somewhat with the blog. "I'm not terribly interested in following this advice" is a lot different from "this advice is not appropriate for the site." Rejecting something doesn't mean it wasn't relevant.
rhizome 12y ago
So why comment?

by lbrandy 12y ago

Unless my mom or dad recently signed up for HN, I'm not terribly interested in any of this paternalistic (and patronizing) advice on how I should spend my life and time.

grogenaut 12y ago

Louis, Son, Is that you?

steveklabnik 12y ago

> Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is > inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, > flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all > users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, > please don't also comment that you did. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

lbrandy 12y ago
I didn't do any of that. Read closer.
- steveklabnik 12y ago
  Considering on-topic is "anything hackers find interesting," a complaint that something is not interesting is a complaint that something isn't appropriate for the site.
  - lbrandy 12y ago
    Again, read closer. I did not complain that it wasn't interesting. I said I wasn't interested [in considering] such advice. The use of the same root word is only interesting (uh oh) to those in the business of equivocation fallacies.
    - steveklabnik 12y ago
      If you are not interested in it, then you find it not interesting. If you found it interesting, you'd be interested in it. This is the least interesting conversation I've ever had.
      - lbrandy 12y ago
        > If you are not interested in it, then you find it not interesting. Equivocation fallacy. Can't say you weren't warned. > This is the least interesting conversation I've ever had. It's difficult to have an interesting conversation with people in so much of a hurry to misunderstand what's being said.
        steveklabnik 12y ago
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_fallacy
        lbrandy 12y ago
        Wrong again, my friend. At no point did I claim you were wrong simply -because- you used a fallacy. I had other, better, reasons for that. You are bad at this and I've become bored.
  - ryanpardieck 12y ago
    I think you've seized too tightly to the word 'interesting' here. He was rejecting the advice as too paternalistic. And after reading the blog, I think that's pretty reasonable, even as I find myself agreeing somewhat with the blog. "I'm not terribly interested in following this advice" is a lot different from "this advice is not appropriate for the site." Rejecting something doesn't mean it wasn't relevant.

rhizome 12y ago

So why comment?