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Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by nanidin »

oldstrangers wrote: post #108
nanidin wrote: post #103

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I don’t think you’re arguing in good faith as “out of this world” did not appear until this comment. This would be similar to calling Einstein a cow, then waiting an hour to say it’s because he’s outstanding in his field.

So in your mind it makes more sense that I was genuinely calling Einstein an alien? That the hyperbole of calling someone an alien didn't possibly register as being in jest? Do you wait for the comedian to explain the joke before you're able to clarify their position? I don't think you're commenting in good faith because none of the alternatives for what I could've meant make any sense.

Good comedians don’t need to explain their jokes. Good jokes don’t need to be explained. Yet here we are.

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by oldstrangers »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #104
oldstrangers wrote: post #99

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MY cynical comment is your point of contention? In response to the absurdly cynical article we're discussing in the first place? The one literally called 'Fuck Your Miracle Year'? You have nothing to discuss which is why there isn't a discussion to be had here. You attacked me with an incredibly weird reaction to joking about Einstein being an alien, then doubled down and demanded I explain humor to you. Both article…

“This article is pretty bad. I’ll make it worse by acting equally poorly in the comments.” Is that your logic? I do have things to discuss — your behavior, and why you’re so aggressive.

You remember when you attacked a stranger and suggested there was something fundamentally wrong with that person as a human because you didn't like their comment?

You might want to work on that. Self-awareness can be your next project!

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by oldstrangers »

nanidin wrote: post #111
oldstrangers wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So in your mind it makes more sense that I was genuinely calling Einstein an alien? That the hyperbole of calling someone an alien didn't possibly register as being in jest? Do you wait for the comedian to explain the joke before you're able to clarify their position? I don't think you're commenting in good faith because none of the alternatives for what I could've meant make any sense.

Good comedians don’t need to explain their jokes. Good jokes don’t need to be explained. Yet here we are.

The joke police are ruthless today. Just let me pay the fine, surely it's easier than having to convince people I don't actually think Einstein was an alien.

Tesla? Actually an alien.

(I'm kidding please stop).

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by episteme »

oldstrangers wrote: post #96
colechristensen wrote: post #92

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Einstein wasn’t that special, he wasn’t superhuman, if you transported the same person in time significantly he would have likely been entirely unremarkable. He had many contemporaries just as capable with complements equally as impressive. He got famous which was a result of a few of his accomplishments being of topics and characters which got the attention of popular culture. He was also simply primed with being a…

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What part do you disagree with?

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by tomtheelder »

devmunchies wrote: post #43

> Delete the draft of that blog post you were writing. The post sucks and no one was going to read it anyways. Blog posts for me but not for thee?

A big theme of this essay is the author knowingly raging against things that he is well aware that he is complicit in. I don't know exactly how to describe the tone, but that line makes total sense as part of the "bit."

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by zeven7 »

nanidin wrote: post #103
oldstrangers wrote: post #93

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You're projecting a lot of weird insecurities onto a throwaway joke about Einstein being an alien because his achievements were Out Of This World. Clearly no one thinks Einstein was an actual alien. It's remarkable that I'm actually having to type this out. Relax stranger, there's no weird Freudian argument to be found here.

I don’t think you’re arguing in good faith as “out of this world” did not appear until this comment. This would be similar to calling Einstein a cow, then waiting an hour to say it’s because he’s outstanding in his field.

This thread just keeps getting weirder. Am I on HN?

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by Tao331 »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #90
oldstrangers wrote: post #87

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It's... a joke. Yikes.

What’s the punchline?

The moth went in because "the light was on", which is vernacular for "open for business", but it has a double meaning because moths are attracted to light at night. The punchline itself is admittedly weak -- the humor comes from the fact that you listened to a lengthy story that turned out to be a really bad joke.

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by tomtheelder »

mkl95 wrote: post #39
throwaway1777 wrote: post #36

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Sounds more like a gap year than a miracle year.

I was able to do that while I was still studying, which mostly involved memorizing a bunch of stuff. The software industry and its endless meetings drain my energy way more

Studying feels like hard work when you are a kid, but it's kind of a joke how easy and non-draining it is in retrospect. Doing actual work is just so much more taxing.

Re: Fuck Your Miracle Year

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Post by blenderdt »

colechristensen wrote: post #92
oldstrangers wrote: post #57

I don't understand either one of these articles to be honest. We're talking about Einstein and Newton as if their success is reproduceable if we just give people time to think? We don't have miracle years now because people like Einstein are impossibly rare. That's assuming Einstein was even human. We also don't have "miracle years" because the term doesn't actually mean anything. It's not real. Maybe the pressures o…

Einstein wasn’t that special, he wasn’t superhuman, if you transported the same person in time significantly he would have likely been entirely unremarkable. He had many contemporaries just as capable with complements equally as impressive. He got famous which was a result of a few of his accomplishments being of topics and characters which got the attention of popular culture. He was also simply primed with being a…

Einstein: "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."

But to be fair: he was smarter than most people.

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