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kasey_junk 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The commenter was specifically asked why they might be interested. They responded reasonably and in good faith. _You_ went wild and viewed it as any attack of some sort.

If anything is off it’s your belligerent anti-fandom. You are coming off as on tilt. Over someone else’s preferences in phones of all things.

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crossroadsguy 5 days ago | parent [-]

Really? I was literally calling out a "company" and an individual jumped in and I responded to that and now you are jumping in the middle and trying to teach me how I should see it? Is Apple attachment this strong around here? It just doesn't make sense to me. Is it some kind of cultural aspect of something? (And I respectfully want to make it clear here that these are rhetorical questions, I didn't really mean to ask them, and I do not hate you or that other HNer, it's just feels/felt weird).

	▲	kasey_junk 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		There isn’t much apple attachment on display in this thread. You should recalibrate if that’s what you are reading.

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JumpCrisscross 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> can you not appreciate how such cloying fandom (or apparent fandom) can kind of be, in a way, almost nauseating for someone and just move on?

No, I really can't.

I'm not into most sports. That doesn't make those games' fans nauseous. They've found something they love. I don't get their particular attachment. But that doesn't make it dumb, must less disgusting--I can empathise with their joy because I, too, have found things which delight me.

I can articulate, respectfully, why I think their games are dumb. But I can also recognise that's a subjective opinion about aesthetics.

	▲	crossroadsguy 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		> I can empathise with their joy because I, too, have found things which delight me. Yes, yes! Yes, dear JumpCrisscross I do believe in that. People singing really badly but happily is one of those things, people wearing clothes that looks absolutely horrible in them (as per me) but they are happy and love it and that makes me strangely actually happy. These are just few examples. But someone being Apple is not one of that and I am also respectful about it - I try tone down criticism, I try sarcasm, hell in most cases I try not to directly respond to such people. > I can articulate, respectfully, why I think their games are dumb. No, imho, you can't. When you call/consider something "dumb", it is just being called dumb - no matter how syrupy and respectful articulation that has. But that's just me. I won't call a sports dumb, but if you feel like it, you sure can with whatever articulation you prefer. You keep your sense of aesthetics and let me have mine. What I don't understand is: I did not even respond to you, and I was just criticising the company. I was not being abusive, and I was definitely not being disrespectful to you, but you still jumped into it and just started this argument. Why? Is that just pure ego? And now you can't let go? You went ahead and confronted me, and I replied back using that "nauseous" phrase because you took umbrage at something which was directed at a damn corporation and not at you in any way—unless criticism of Apple directly hurts you. Heck, I did not even mention you, and there is a reason for that—because I was not responding to you. I literally directed my disappointment towards the company—literally. Why, then? Do you still not recognise that you ought to just move on? And if that doesn't do it for you, then downvote, flag (that comment is already flagged), report, and then move on. Why do you have to pick an issue with me about it? Is it even worth it? Or do you want to have the last word? Is that it? Do you have something in mind that you want to hear?