Introverts didn't 'win' lockdown

Post by hilbert42 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 2:58 AM UTC

KronisLV wrote: post #180

hilbert42 wrote: post #165

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I find there is something enormously satisfying and intrinsically rewarding about working with one's hands, doing woodworking and the like. It's especially so when one has everything to hand and one can work on without distracting interruptions (such as having just remembered that you lent your No 5 jack plane to a friend and you now need it to continue). :-) I've found that working this way and being able to see the…

Ohh, i largely agree with what you're saying! The results of woodworking, metalworking, any sorts of crafts or even farming are just way more fungible than a piece of software. Both can be useful to yourself and possibly society at large, both can be satisfying, but the types of satisfaction definitely differ! Plus, it's a way to get some fresh air or have a reason to spend a bit more time outside, in addition to lei…

Post by hilbert42 » Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 3:20 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #200

hilbert42 wrote: post #199

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"You can't attack others like this on HN, regardless of how bad another comment is or you feel it is." You can and you ought to when damn fools put lives of others at stake. This not the time for niceties or political correctness. We're in a war, the next life could be mine—and I'm not suicidal. Incidentally, many seem to forget the a priori reason for government is to keep the citizenry safe—safe from the threat of…

(I was replying to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27798953 , not to you - did you miss that? You might need to turn 'showdead' on in your profile to see the comment, since it's flagkilled now. But I should probably still respond to what you've said here because it is definitely not how HN is supposed to work.) Sorry, but there's always a version of this argument to be made and people always make it to show that…