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Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by sbierwagen »

lionhearted wrote: post #12

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…

I read the post. Thought it was pretty good. Don't see what the fuss is about. Compared to similar things I've said about people presenting public personas that were equally, if more, flawed; this was about as "hateful" as a kitten batting a bunny on the nose.

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by dminor »

switch wrote: 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…

Where you go off the track is using "should" rather than "could". Where the original went off track was in calling it a "tragedy".

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by Mz »

sprout wrote: post #40
switch wrote: 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.

Off-topic:

Something (I don't know from where) that my sons reference sometimes:

"You fight like a girl"

"You mean dirty?"

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by car387 »

There are plenty of people capable of earning more, but what's holding them back is that they don't realize how comparatively incapable many Wall Streeters, supply chain optimizers, management consultants and the like really are. You only learn that through experience.

The article is a reminder to be confident, addressed to everyone reading. It's a bold celebration of skill over image, pedigree, and in some cases outright charlatanry. It's universally applicable, and that's why it received the upvotes it deserves (and why it's so controversial as well).

It was too personal, but is there any other way to address it? Perhaps by citing several cases of perceived "inconfidence" instead of one. Either way, it's presumptuous as hell - but what moving persuasive argument isn't? In the end, it called attention to a universal issue: many, many, many capable people are selling themselves short.

For that - Bravo, lionhearted.

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by sbierwagen »

bl4k wrote: post #23

You can't ban somebody for their opinion

Are you joking?

HN places great importance on preserving the tone of the community. If my opinion is that all the politicians are reptilians working to establish One World Government; and I comment on every post to that effect, and submit a new post every five minutes linking on my One World Government-watch blog; then I should be banned.

That opinion is damaging to the community, and should not be allowed.

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by steveklabnik »

jacquesm wrote: post #37
bugsy wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The original post specifically mentioned Catholicism:

> At the risk of upsetting people, I’m going to go out on a limb here – were you raised Catholic?

Etc.

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by mquander »

jacquesm wrote: post #37
bugsy wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

No, it wasn't missing. The blog post literally suggested that the reason he isn't rich and powerful might be because he has Catholic guilt. I swear to God it said that.

Re: I am not who you think I am

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Post by bl4k »

sbierwagen wrote: post #46
bl4k wrote: post #23

You can't ban somebody for their opinion

Are you joking? HN places great importance on preserving the tone of the community. If my opinion is that all the politicians are reptilians working to establish One World Government; and I comment on every post to that effect, and submit a new post every five minutes linking on my One World Government-watch blog; then I should be banned. That opinion is damaging to the community, and should not be allowed.

thats why we all get to vote and flag
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