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If you don’t understand the difference between existing in proximity and being disruptive then you are inconsiderate

Why is that rude? Youre just expressing yourself. Im responsible for my reaction. Right?

is there anything, in your view, which would make someones behavior objectively rude?

Kissing != making noise. Maybe you need to consider paying more attention to how your actions affect others in public spaces

I could be clearer. I’m saying that the fact that OP even noticed and was annoyed by it is evidence that facetime man is at fault, unless OP identifies as someone with a population…

People should err on the side of minimizing disruption in quiet public spaces.

The blog says they were talking louder than everyone else in the room. Inconsiderate people always think others should just chill out

If you act like an inconsiderate asshole 50% of the time, then you’re an inconsiderate asshole, even if you follow basic social politeness the other 50% of the time. Seems like an …

In fact, a lot of wealth is only created by inequality. If wealth is power to effect your will, you have more of it when others are more desperate. The Shanghai wealthy have to spe…

I don’t automatically hate someone because someone calls them despicable

Why does it matter to you so much that OC is unambiguous?

Genuine question: are you on the spectrum? I find this reaction strange

this is really hard. nice!

Why does this shorthand upset you?

Would you prefer OC was more specific, ie “the author turned out to be a racist”, or do you have an issue with calling someone like this despicable?

Identical treatment of all people in all situations for all laws does not exist and should not exist. Children have different labor restrictions than adults. Police have different …

I believe NYC cops should be able to have guns. I dont want guns to be widely accessible in NYC. I’m comfortable with armed security at an airport. I’m less comfortable at a superm…

you genuinely dont see a difference between (1) a single or handful of security-angled cameras controlled by a local business for security purposes (2) any individual possibly reco…

During my first role at , I believe I accidentally made an enemy of a couple of directors due to ill-timed interpersonal awkwardness and unwillingness to suck up. What can I say - …

Its pretty clearly AI written but human curated (hopefully). To me it didnt read like unadulterated slop

High quality, charming article. The Hikaru defeat mentions made me chuckle. One possibility I think you’ve omitted is that they slopped the puzzles pretty hard

The fallacy is that f(t+N) can be obtained by iterating f(t+1) N times. This is the “step”

You don’t consider supporting “remigration”, aka forced expulsion of non-white-skinned people, to be actively malicious? What if he was physically going door to door and assaulting…

this argument assumes that capex and training costs will go down over time. but theyll have to keep up with one another and stay on top of latest knowledge so Im not sure if thats …