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That would make me pretty mad as well. I'm sorry if that happens to you.
To be frank, I don't think you are.
And you know this… how? By psychically divining it?
It's not what the world needs right now
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What if you try to treat people the way they want to be treated instead of how you want to be treated? I think the "golden rule" has been often misinterpreted as " treat people how you want to be treated" which leads to this misunderstanding that you called out. If we change it to being empathetic towards them and treating them how they want to be treated, the NPCs seem to become fully fledged characters.
> What if you try to treat people the way they want to be treated instead of how you want to be treated? Then it's obvious that I'm not one of them because their needs and wants are different from mine.
I bet they aren’t.
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#173I used to be similarly lost in the drama of my own life, hanging on to things that I felt made me special. It's an ego trap in my opinion, as there are millions of people around us who have extrodinary lives that we never hear about. The word "sonder" applies: Sonder is defined as the profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passing by on the street, has a life as complex and vivid as your own…
There's something gross about people trying to force this sonder neologism through but I can't put my finger on it I'm hardly a prescriptivist either
It’s a great word that evokes a very specific experience what’s not to like about it.
Is there some other way words are created besides people just sort of using them?
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I know what you mean. Since I've been using ChatGPT4 and now Claude Opus to answer questions I think of while day dreaming, I find myself drifting further away from ordinary people. I don't know how to describe it yet. Maybe people who don't agument their thinking seem more like an NPC and say NPC like things? I don't want to get to far out there, like in Kurt Vonnegut's "Breakfast of Champions." The protagonist want…
Let's please reframe how bad it is to treat another person as an NPC. It is dehumanizing. It encourages losing focus on why people behave the way they do, rather than learning to hold empathy for the reality of life for the millions of people that surround us. Life isn't easy for many. Many don't have the opportunities to learn or are at least encouraged to do that.
You can't truly empathize - on the emotional level - with lives of millions of people, even if they surround you.
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#176The fact that so many people on HN dislike this proves hacker culture died in programming..
If anything, the hacker culture equivalent would be someone who is desperately trying to project the "hacker vibe" without much to show for it.
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#177This man has lived a life many fantasise about, although perhaps not a very comfortable one. I think sometimes I lived a colourful, varied life but what a story for this piece. I can't believe I have to do the reddit edit postscriptum but really, does everyone dislike the author? I certainly could never be this sort of person, but what a story, living life on the edge and making it up as they go along. Do commenters…
The reason why so many people dislike the author is because he's incessantly creating problems for other people. If he only did it for himself, the outlook would probably be more sympathetic.
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#178Some highlights reading through: > I fly Spirit to Chicago, where all my friends are too busy buying property or accepting professorships to try the ketamine a guy gave me for letting him suck my dick. > At the end of the shoot, I’m $40k in debt and severely constipated. > There’s the explanation: Blaze broke Hollywood’s dick off, and now he’s dead. > My therapist suggests I take a trip to see friends because I keep…
Most people dial down this kind of "uniqueness" as they grow up because they don't want to be a constant source of headache for everyone surrounding them.
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generally yea there's also a big difference between "one guy supposedly stealing one thing as a part of a story" and "let's all go steal"
when you consider morality, do you think your rule only ever applies to one person or categorically?
It applies categorically. But the category isn't "all people", it's "all people whose wealth was obtained through fair means". Economic parasites - which describes all ultra-wealthy people ipso facto - do not qualify.
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And you know this… how? By psychically divining it?
By reading your post history and taking into your account that you're stalking me.
LMAO I didn’t even realize we were commenting on two different threads together until you pointed it out. You’re not that important buddy