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So andybak, congratulations on clinging to a sweet sounding one-liner, but let's think a little more about it. So anytime something bad happens to a person (the
by marcos123 12y ago
So andybak, congratulations on clinging to a sweet sounding one-liner, but let's think a little more about it. So anytime something bad happens to a person (their wallet or phone is stolen, or their family dog is killed), and the victim believes the perpetrator acted maliciously, would you tell them that "smacks of conspiracy thinking" (whatever that means to you)?
Another educational moment for you would be to look up the word "conspiracy" to learn what it means. I understand that you were hoping to use it as a dismissive term, but you would have been better off using a universally dismissive term like "crazy", as there are a lot of rational people that understand the factual meaning of "conspiracy" and don't interpret it in the same way you do.
- marcos123 12y agoWeird. My comment must have been in close enough proximity to andybak's comment that "they" must have downvoted me when they meant to downvote him.
- fifthesteight 12y agoNo, marco, you're just being "corrected." Iron sharpens iron, duh.
- marcos123 12y agoAlthough I'm not certain what you're implying by "corrected", I hadn't ever heard that phrase about iron before. Thanks, I like it.
- fifthesteight 12y agoYou and I had similar difficulty yesterday vis-a-vis arbitrary downvoting. I was referring to a comment made at me regarding how HN comments are for correcting people who are wrong, and accompanying that is downvotes. Except for when "correction" has nothing to do with the downvote, or none is offered. It doesn't matter. The conversation at HN is toxic. I've bitched enough. I was just reaching out for commiseration.
- andybak 12y agoI actually used the term "conspiracy thinking" and I would regard this as a noun phrase with a meaning distinct from "conspiracy".