| ▲ | _doctor_love 12 hours ago |
| Wow...one of the comments on there says "now I know you were fired for being a pussy." Some days I think it would be nice to be able to punch someone in the face through the screen. |
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| ▲ | dang 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Can we please focus on thoughtful conversation instead of importing the worst comments from other forums*? Not to judge the feeling you express - I'm sure we can all relate. But as an HN comment it's pretty well guaranteed to turn the thread away from good places. (* I suppose I'm more sensitive about this since the episode I wrote about here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427800 ("in one case I saw")) |
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| ▲ | _doctor_love 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You bet. I got triggered. | | | |
| ▲ | tracerbulletx 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Agreed. You've probably noticed this too, but I think 90% of the very dumb, mean spirited, and inflammatory things I see are from someone purporting to dunk on it, or refute it, or tell us how it made them mad. Its probably the main mechanism by which is spreads. I think a lot of people do it organically, but I also think coordinated marketing campaigns will intentionally post things as if they're in opposition because its such an effective mechanism of spreading it. TLDR rage bait is bad don't fall for it! | | |
| ▲ | dang 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's the way the human psyche works, which is why the second-order versions from marketers, media, etc., exist in the first place. Trying to change that globally would amount to modifying human evolution. That kind of task you can't even call biting off more than you can chew; it's more the kind that bites you off, and then chews you in your entirety. But that doesn't mean we can't do something at an individual level, and even a group level. | | |
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| ▲ | solid_fuel 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I think the full text of that is even worse: > You had my sympathy until you mentioned your healing. Now I know you were fired for being a pussy. I was expecting some more substantial motivation for that but it's not even motivated by some weird disagreement about acceptable behavior at work, it's just this weird insanely toxic belief that taking care of yourself is "pussy behavior". |
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| ▲ | dlahoda an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I reported it to Twitter as violation of it terms with relevant category. Twitter said naming people Pussy is fine. |
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| ▲ | shevy-java 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| It's twitter right? Ever since a billionaire bought it it went downhill. |
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| ▲ | konart 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | This is host most of the internet is in general. | |
| ▲ | testfrequency 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | HN is slowly starting to feel this way also, sadly | | |
| ▲ | verdverm 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | HN still has the best mods (official and community) Also, see the last rule in the Guidelines | | |
| ▲ | testfrequency 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | The one that says don’t compare HN to Reddit? Said the HN community has become over time (sadly) more toxic like Twitter/X. The moderation here is fine, though it can be questionable at times why there’s some post suppression on certain topics. |
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