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Re: I am not who you think I am

#31
I agree with what you said everything except the banning.

"Let a thousand flowers bloom"- Chairman Mao

Remove the post not the user. Clearly, lionhearted is thinking different than most of us here and that should be encourage.

I find banning to be a knee jerk reaction and such rules are only to be made deliberately and without emotions; right now we are too close to the event to make a rational one.

Re: I am not who you think I am

#32

Easily the most controversial thing I've ever written, but I'll stand up and be accounted for in my errors. I write once daily, every day, and I write honestly. Here, the mistake I made was not filtering my thought by another person who could feel ill because of it. I will explain my line of thinking, which does not excuse the large gaffe I made, but perhaps so people can understand my thinking. I've met a book edito…

Generally speaking, it's more agreeable to read about things the author has done than things they have no control over. It's a reason why I like patio11's writing style (and some others' as well).

Re: I am not who you think I am

#34
Don't understand this.

The guy's telling the Bingo Card Creator guy he should be making more money. Which is absolutely true because he has the skillset to make millions a year.

How is this bad in any way - it's not.

It's not psychoanalysis. It's just a guy saying - Dude, You should be making a lot more money with your skillset.

Option 1:Let your ego get in the way and stay at under $60K a year.

Option 2: Learn from the advice, even if it isn't sugarcoated, and get to $1 million+ a year.

Why do we have to sugar coat everything. Are we women now? Are our feelings getting hurt?

Re: I am not who you think I am

#35
post #25

How very strange. The article about Patrick is very positive and merely suggests that he has the potential to make a lot more than he does now, and gives him some tips to that regard. Since Patrick lives his business life in the open of the internet, then it's not unreasonable to publicly post such an article, using only public sources as reference. There's a couple comments maybe he is afraid of success, maybe he su…

Would it be possible to discuss this without descending to even greater depths?

Could you clarify your question? Is it directed to my post? I am unaware of anything in my own post that could be considered offensive but if it seems otherwise I would appreciate knowing in what way it seems so.

Re: I am not who you think I am

#36

Easily the most controversial thing I've ever written, but I'll stand up and be accounted for in my errors. I write once daily, every day, and I write honestly. Here, the mistake I made was not filtering my thought by another person who could feel ill because of it. I will explain my line of thinking, which does not excuse the large gaffe I made, but perhaps so people can understand my thinking. I've met a book edito…

There is a great quote that will serve you well when blogging: "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." (attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but disputed).

Re: I am not who you think I am

#37
post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would it be possible to discuss this without descending to even greater depths?

Could you clarify your question? Is it directed to my post? I am unaware of anything in my own post that could be considered offensive but if it seems otherwise I would appreciate knowing in what way it seems so.

I don't think you need to pull Patricks religion in to this at all, that was just about the one thing missing in the original post.

Re: I am not who you think I am

#38
post #15
post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Relax. A month from now this will be forgotten. What am I saying, a month? A few days from now it will be forgotten. What scrolls off the front page scrolls out of the present into ancient history.

I almost did up until this submission. Flagged, in any case.

While I agree that the post was inappropriate, I don't agree that the post was inappropriate by HN's standards. (And I think flagging based on personal standards rather than HN's standards is not the way to go.)

Re: I am not who you think I am

#39

Easily the most controversial thing I've ever written, but I'll stand up and be accounted for in my errors. I write once daily, every day, and I write honestly. Here, the mistake I made was not filtering my thought by another person who could feel ill because of it. I will explain my line of thinking, which does not excuse the large gaffe I made, but perhaps so people can understand my thinking. I've met a book edito…

...it was my honest and well-intentioned thought...

I know that. And I suspect that anyone who follows your writing here realizes that, too.

I'll lay low for a while...

Please don't.

One of the memes constantly reinforced here at hn is pushing the envelope. How many times have we heard, "If you don't ruffle a few feathers, you're not pushing hard enough."

You pushed. You ruffled. You learned. You stood up like a man. And we all survived.

"Laying low" contradicts the expected behavior of so many outliers and achievers here. Respect.

Re: I am not who you think I am

#40
post #34

Don't understand this. The guy's telling the Bingo Card Creator guy he should be making more money. Which is absolutely true because he has the skillset to make millions a year. How is this bad in any way - it's not. It's not psychoanalysis. It's just a guy saying - Dude, You should be making a lot more money with your skillset. Option 1:Let your ego get in the way and stay at under $60K a year. Option 2: Learn from…

Some of us are women. But I don't see why that requires we be polite.
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