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I'm sick of it. Goodbye, Hacker News. I know this is going to come across as unfriendly, but I'm always bemused when people make these little plays for attenti
by pbateman 13y ago
I'm sick of it. Goodbye, Hacker News.
I know this is going to come across as unfriendly, but I'm always bemused when people make these little plays for attention. It's a massive site, you're not one of the notable commenters, if HN isn't delivering value why not just stop reading it quietly rather than announcing it to the world?
- jd0 13y agoBecause human beings have a desire to express opinion and emotion? Your attitude is the same as a lot of the socially inept that roam the valley and this message board. If This Isn't The Most Efficient Logical Course Of Action (according my perspective) Then It Bemuses Me.
- lutusp 13y ago> Because human beings have a desire to express opinion and emotion? Well, half of them, anyway.
- LockeWatts 13y agoWhich half?
- lutusp 13y agoWithout trying to start a debate, it's well-established that women talk about personal things more readily than men do, and at greater length, and express emotion more readily than men do. This real difference between men and women is often described as a character flaw in men by women, and in women by men (if that wasn't too hard to unravel).
- kansface 13y agoAre you claiming this is universal across societies?
- pbateman 13y agosocially inept Good to see we're staying classy. Next time you might like to work in a zinger about autism, neckbeards and/or fedora ownership.
- jd0 13y agoYou put those words in my mouth, buddy. To clarify, social ineptitude combined with a degree of self-assured narcissism, resulting in a total disregard for the opinions of other people which don't jive with the most "logical" worldview. It's possible to be socially introverted and still considerate to other people.
- stoptalkingshit 13y agoLike the considerate people who keep importing loser attitudes into computing, telling everyone else how to behave, etc.
- MrScruff 13y agoIt's inconsiderate to other commenters to post a dramatic quit message, since it's effectively content free and massively generalising.
- ZoF 13y agoYou don't think classifying the vast majority of this readership as victim-blaming sexists would qualify as slightly inconsiderate?
- jd0 13y agoNaw I'd call it accurate.
- brazzy 13y agoWhich makes you a victim-blaming sexist.
- vertex-four 13y ago
- blazespin 13y agoBut what's wrong with expressing an opinion on someone else's action? You are the one that is socially inept. No, wait, you are just expressing your opinion on someone else expressing their opinion on someone else expressing themselves. Oh, chripes, what was I trying to say again?
- kybernetikos 13y agoYou see it as a play for attention, I see it as an expression of disappointment in a community they otherwise like in the hope that that community will perform a little more introspection. It seems somewhat dramatic to me too, but I also have found the comments on the stories around this issue somewhat disappointing. That was their way of communicating it, this comment is mine.
- MartinCron 13y agoHow dare someone try to improve the discourse in a community they care about!