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I don't think you meant it in a mean way or serious way. The problem is that you are far from the first person to use these tired tropes, and it only takes so m

by aiiane 12y ago

I don't think you meant it in a mean way or serious way. The problem is that you are far from the first person to use these tired tropes, and it only takes so many "not too serious" comments before the pattern itself becomes the problem, not the individual comments. Think of it like a speed bump - a single speed bump on your street isn't that big a thing, and isn't really a problem on its own. But if there was a speed bump every 5 feet along your street, that would get tiring fast - even though the basic concept of a speed bump isn't itself the problem, it's just the repetition that's the issue.

galfarragem 12y ago
Despite the massive downvoting I will not delete the comment. I have nothing to be shame of. I am not offending anyone. I am expressing an opinion (in a specific style) that I consider to add value and possibly help someone out there. It would certainly have helped me sometime ago when "adjusting" my career path and choosing a computer language to learn. Don't take life so seriously that the world offends you.
- lowboy 12y ago
  > I am not offending anyone I think that you are though. It might be a small bit of offence, but it all adds up: http://juliepagano.tumblr.com/post/46206589124/my-experiences-in-tech-death-by-1000-paper-cuts http://juliepagano.tumblr.com/post/46206589124/my-experience...
  - galfarragem 12y ago
    The analogy of "death by 1000 paper cuts" is really nice. The only problem is that "paper cuts" make part of everybody's life, you cannot avoid them. Anyway if you don't focus on them they will heal fast and make you stronger.
- aiiane 12y ago
  This isn't about offense. It's about stress. You're basically telling people to not be stressed out when they're biking and cars pass them too closely, because the car had a reason to be on the road. "The car needed to get to the hospital. You shouldn't get upset about being passed." The thing is, it doesn't matter if the car had a good reason to be going fast and passing in narrow sections of the road - it's still going to stress a bicyclist out to get passed closely, regardless of whether it was malicious, and regardless of whether there was a good reason for it.
- philh 12y ago
  > (in a specific style) Note that the style is what's irksome about the original comment, not the opinion. When you talk about the value of the opinion, and gloss over the style like this, I feel like you're failing to understand why people disliked your post.

by aiiane 12y ago

galfarragem 12y ago

Despite the massive downvoting I will not delete the comment. I have nothing to be shame of. I am not offending anyone. I am expressing an opinion (in a specific style) that I consider to add value and possibly help someone out there. It would certainly have helped me sometime ago when "adjusting" my career path and choosing a computer language to learn. Don't take life so seriously that the world offends you.

lowboy 12y ago
> I am not offending anyone I think that you are though. It might be a small bit of offence, but it all adds up: http://juliepagano.tumblr.com/post/46206589124/my-experiences-in-tech-death-by-1000-paper-cuts http://juliepagano.tumblr.com/post/46206589124/my-experience...
- galfarragem 12y ago
  The analogy of "death by 1000 paper cuts" is really nice. The only problem is that "paper cuts" make part of everybody's life, you cannot avoid them. Anyway if you don't focus on them they will heal fast and make you stronger.
aiiane 12y ago
This isn't about offense. It's about stress. You're basically telling people to not be stressed out when they're biking and cars pass them too closely, because the car had a reason to be on the road. "The car needed to get to the hospital. You shouldn't get upset about being passed." The thing is, it doesn't matter if the car had a good reason to be going fast and passing in narrow sections of the road - it's still going to stress a bicyclist out to get passed closely, regardless of whether it was malicious, and regardless of whether there was a good reason for it.
philh 12y ago
> (in a specific style) Note that the style is what's irksome about the original comment, not the opinion. When you talk about the value of the opinion, and gloss over the style like this, I feel like you're failing to understand why people disliked your post.