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> (particularly when you're young and haven't had a lot of practice interacting with people) What's with the potshots at younger people that I keep seeing on H
by Dewie3 11y ago
> (particularly when you're young and haven't had a lot of practice interacting with people)
What's with the potshots at younger people that I keep seeing on HN? Things like undermining their experiences, their abilities, or their viewpoints. "Pff, I used to think like you, but now I know better"; "I did the same thing, but then I realized that I was being a moron"; "Let me guess, you haven't <experienced/got X> yet? Then your opinion is useless"; "Young people without kids will stupidly work themselves to death for their employee because they have nothing better to do with their time".
I can't say that I've experienced that older people (talking only adults here) are more socially apt, or compassionate, than younger people. And that sentence was completely optional to the rest of the paragraph.
- nostrademons 11y agoThat's not a potshot, it's personal experience. It's making the point that social skills are a learnable skill that gets better with practice. There's no judgment implied there, and in fact I say elsewhere in the same post that everybody makes mistakes, even people with lots of experience (which is amply evidenced by this comment offending you, for which I apologize...)
- drzaiusapelord 11y agoWelcome to the world of the self-styled "kind" person. You'll find, more often than not, that they see themselves as wizened masters and can't stand young people because young people occasionally have the gall to say how it is, and that interferes with the elaborate dance we call office politics and general self-serving ass-kissing. Just because you're good at office politics doesn't mean you're a kind person. It just means you're good at working people over emotionally and catering to them for your own personal gain.