> How strange.

People enjoy different things. Its not strange. Treating it as strange is kinda insulting, so I'd recommend that you rethink how you phrase this.

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orangecat 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

People enjoy different things. Its not strange.

Yes! Which means that the argument frequently seen here of "AI is terrible because everyone hates using it" is not valid.

	▲	kentm 3 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I wouldn't say I've seen that specific argument. But insomuch as people say that, yes, its not a valid argument.

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sevg 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Totally agree. I found it insulting.

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d0nkee 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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sevg 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Trying to silence someone (“You should have..not commented”) is pretty rude.

Seems like the same old story. Rude people defending other rude people so that they can collectively continue to justify their own rudeness. Usually with arguments that don’t stand up to scrutiny. And usually using a fresh account.

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kentm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I recommended, not demanded.

While interests have a wide variety of norms, communication has a much smaller space of shared norms, and "strange" implies a negative value judgement in most of them. I'm comfortable with my comment.

I feel that the fact that people feel the need to pile on people who enjoy writing code is a problematic trend on HN, whereas telling them to maybe consider other peoples' priorities and preferences is not. The paradox of tolerance is apt here.

	▲	joshoink 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Perhaps "how queer" was the intended use. Or, think Sherlock saying, "Hmph. Strange--Strange indeed!" > Strange implies a negative value judgement It sounds like you've internalized some negativity around being "not-normal" -- how I would define "strange". In a society of vice, greed, and perfidy, acting nice for no reason is "strange". So, as many things that can be compared and have a "normal" can be strange. Deviant implies negativity, but I would say pacifists are "deviants". Any negativity with "strange" has to come with context.

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pizza234 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	oeitho 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Is it really that hard to just apologize? Even if it wasn’t your intention, words can still be hurtful.
	▲	kentm 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I phrased it fine. No-one knows your intentions. If you don't think it comes off as insulting then feel free to disregard, but I (and others, apparently) think it does.