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Post by kahon65 »

kahon65 wrote: post #160

Fuck Christmas etc. I never had friends, all my life I was locked by classmates. Today I live alone with my parents. I never am messaged, smsed, emailed, phoned. I have no friends. The only people I see are at gym and at work. I have only one 06 at gym that I could see after gym by eating in restaurant but it's difficult for me to make friends at gym... At work it's a bit better but no friends too. Moreover I'm ugly…

I could continue yelling I'm ugly and describing my face. I'm ugly and atypical.

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Post by fareesh »

As the world has gotten more divided and angry, it is easy to get swept up in the discourse, much of which can be intense.

I hope that this time of year grants many of us the opportunity to take a step back and reflect on our shared humanity.

In the thousands of years that human civilization has progressed, we have had some bad ideas and some good ideas. I think of Christmas as a time of year where we can all, regardless of our religious views, appreciate one of our best ideas: that we can all find it within ourselves once a year to sacrifice something... anything - our time, a little spare change, a friendly gesture or even just spreading some festive cheer, because we want to do something nice for someone else and make their day just a little bit better.

May your days be merry and bright.

Re: Wish HN: Happy Holidays

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Post by kahon65 »

kahon65 wrote: post #160

Fuck Christmas etc. I never had friends, all my life I was locked by classmates. Today I live alone with my parents. I never am messaged, smsed, emailed, phoned. I have no friends. The only people I see are at gym and at work. I have only one 06 at gym that I could see after gym by eating in restaurant but it's difficult for me to make friends at gym... At work it's a bit better but no friends too. Moreover I'm ugly…

Moreover after work I can see no-one to play with me

Re: Wish HN: Happy Holidays

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Post by dev_tty01 »

jader201 wrote: post #129
chongli wrote: post #47

I’d just like to take a moment to say how much I appreciate HN and all the work put in by dang and the moderation team. Everyone here really cares about keeping discussions lively and respectful. This is a wonderful community to be a part of! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Agreed. Kinda makes you wonder why other communities haven’t been able to reproduce the level of quality and civility (I know HN is still far from perfect, but night and day vs. other platforms). A great community to be a part of, and much appreciation to those that oversee and contribute to the high quality and respectful discussions.

Downvoting, which on the surface seems less civil, leads to more civil discussions. Just my opinion of course...

Happy Holidays! I second the gratitude for all the work by dang and the rest of the HN team. Well done and thank you!

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Post by nrb »

greeklish wrote: post #148
jader201 wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. Kinda makes you wonder why other communities haven’t been able to reproduce the level of quality and civility (I know HN is still far from perfect, but night and day vs. other platforms). A great community to be a part of, and much appreciation to those that oversee and contribute to the high quality and respectful discussions.

On HN there's the process of shadowbanning entire users accounts. By losing the noisy/spamming/trolling posters entirely, we might also lose their constructive/valuable content too. Since I was a teenager, in the vBulletin v3+ forums era, I've wanted to develop an access control / rate limiting system where moderators would be responsible for categorizing posts depending on the contents of the submitted posts and the…

There’s no shortage of constructive/valuable content by people who don’t also regularly spam or troll, they likely stick around _because_ the low-value commenters get shadowbanned.

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Post by jmcgough »

kahon65 wrote: post #160

Fuck Christmas etc. I never had friends, all my life I was locked by classmates. Today I live alone with my parents. I never am messaged, smsed, emailed, phoned. I have no friends. The only people I see are at gym and at work. I have only one 06 at gym that I could see after gym by eating in restaurant but it's difficult for me to make friends at gym... At work it's a bit better but no friends too. Moreover I'm ugly…

This isn't to be dismissive of your feelings but consider finding a therapist, it sounds like there's a lot you're dealing with right now and having someone to nudge you in the right direction can help.

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Post by gibspaulding »

jader201 wrote: post #129
chongli wrote: post #47

I’d just like to take a moment to say how much I appreciate HN and all the work put in by dang and the moderation team. Everyone here really cares about keeping discussions lively and respectful. This is a wonderful community to be a part of! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

Agreed. Kinda makes you wonder why other communities haven’t been able to reproduce the level of quality and civility (I know HN is still far from perfect, but night and day vs. other platforms). A great community to be a part of, and much appreciation to those that oversee and contribute to the high quality and respectful discussions.

There are lots of specific things one could mention - moderation, text focus, down voting, etc, but I think unfortunately the big differentiator is that (as far as I know) HN doesn't make money.

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Post by fuzzfactor »

Dumblydorr wrote: post #77
supperburg wrote: post #76

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Well now, seems this Ebaneezer needs to be visited by some ghosts tonight. Merry Christmas, I hope you bring cheer and happiness to those in your life.

Some of the most outstanding things are precarious and not as well supported as they should be.

Especially those times when one single individual makes such a significant difference.

Think about Einstein, most of his life people had to face that there would be no suitable replacement once he was gone for any reason.

Christmas can mean many things to many people, of course even a miracle if you would like.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein

“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.” - AEinstein

"I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” ― Albert Einstein

Frosty, Redbone w/ Dr. John:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXfDBH2bij4

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Post by tibbar »

kahon65 wrote: post #160

Fuck Christmas etc. I never had friends, all my life I was locked by classmates. Today I live alone with my parents. I never am messaged, smsed, emailed, phoned. I have no friends. The only people I see are at gym and at work. I have only one 06 at gym that I could see after gym by eating in restaurant but it's difficult for me to make friends at gym... At work it's a bit better but no friends too. Moreover I'm ugly…

In the spirit of the season —- I hope things go better for you as time goes on. Many of us were isolated or lonely when we were younger, and the last couple years haven’t been easy for anyone. It sounds like you’re doing lots of things right — working a job, going to the gym, and trying to date — these are good and worthwhile things! The process of growing up and obtaining social acceptance can be a long haul and you may wish to look into therapy for some specifically tailored advice and a sympathetic ear.
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