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Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by joaren »

freshyill wrote: post #29
joaren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try being a bit less condescending. Just because someone thinks displays like this are hypocritical doesn't mean they are heartless. It could mean they are acutely aware that the only reason people care about this is incidental circumstance, and that equally sad events pass by without scrutiny because it didn't happen to someone who's milked it out for attention. Because that's what blogging about your daughter's can…

Either he's feigning ignorance over why anybody would be the slightest bit empathetic toward the death of Eric Meyer's daughter or he's too much of a robot to actually understand. You can make an argument that HN must be 100 percent on-topic, at all times, and that it doesn't belong here. But you can also argue that we are all humans and we can just accept it once in a while, even here. To jump to the conclusion that…

A year from now the people who turned their avatars purple today won't remember the hash tag or what it was for. This isn't about one kid dying, or many kids dying. It's about a bunch of people frantically acting to hide their sense of impotence.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

#33

Post by freshyill »

joaren wrote: post #31
freshyill wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either he's feigning ignorance over why anybody would be the slightest bit empathetic toward the death of Eric Meyer's daughter or he's too much of a robot to actually understand. You can make an argument that HN must be 100 percent on-topic, at all times, and that it doesn't belong here. But you can also argue that we are all humans and we can just accept it once in a while, even here. To jump to the conclusion that…

A year from now the people who turned their avatars purple today won't remember the hash tag or what it was for. This isn't about one kid dying, or many kids dying. It's about a bunch of people frantically acting to hide their sense of impotence.

I disagree. Eric Meyer has been writing about Rebecca's cancer since they found out on their vacation last summer, and many have been following. This isn't something that just happened today. It's been happening for nearly a year.

The thoughts it raises, particularly for parents, are not the kind that can just be dismissed once the hashtag stops trending.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by htyerf4 »

follyfalls wrote: post #28
freshyill wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People are doing this because Eric helped to take CSS from its infancy into the modern usage we have today. He wrote CSS: The Definitive Guide and many other books on the topics. He co-founded the An Event Apart conferences. Nearly every site on the internet has been directly or indirectly influenced by his work. Over the past year, he has documented, with great clarity, everything his family has experienced since hi…

That's kind of rude. I just asked an honest question.

People like you shouldn't be given the time of day, so you're lucky he took the time to answer. You're honestly one of the most digusting people on here. You're non-human: an ignorant robot with no love for anyone in the human race.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by follyfalls »

htyerf4 wrote: post #34
follyfalls wrote: post #28

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That's kind of rude. I just asked an honest question.

People like you shouldn't be given the time of day, so you're lucky he took the time to answer. You're honestly one of the most digusting people on here. You're non-human: an ignorant robot with no love for anyone in the human race.

How does merely asking a question allow you to make such determinations about my character? I shouldn't be given the time of day? What did I actually do that was wrong besides question a trend or its validity?

I guess my problem is that I'm less specific in my sorrow. If anything I dwell on the overall strife of the human race, rather than latching onto the death of someone related to someone that I've never met. I suspect many of these individuals in less than a week will have moved past this hip trend of transient grief. Meanwhile, children of lesser known parents will die of cancer, with no one to change their avatars for them.

What's ironic to me is the notion that I'm a robot because my opinion actually differs from that which some might find acceptable. If being human means being a thoughtless conformist, then I am clearly something else. And I don't know that I have a problem with that.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by Mz »

And I can't help but wonder why this gets support but I am routinely downvoted and generally crapped for attempting to talk about what I have done to beat my medical death sentence. It is not intended to piss on this effort. I just honestly do not understand this. If you have genuine concern for other people, why say nice things only after they are dead? Why be so awful to the living? Why shout down someone trying to figure out how to help people with deadly conditions?

I honestly do not know where to go anymore to try to talk to people and work on anything. This isn't intended at all as dickish. If people have so much compassion, why not try to support efforts to improve things?

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by WorldWideWayne »

freshyill wrote: post #25
follyfalls wrote: post #20

I feel like I'm missing something here. A very young girl died of cancer. That's pretty sad, but I fail to see how it's anymore sad than the hundreds/thousands of people who die of cancer every day. Millions of people will have died of cancer by the end of this year. So we have all these people tweeting this hashtag and coloring their Twitter avatar purple, because Rebecca's favorite color was purple (no non-sequitur…

People are doing this because Eric helped to take CSS from its infancy into the modern usage we have today. He wrote CSS: The Definitive Guide and many other books on the topics. He co-founded the An Event Apart conferences. Nearly every site on the internet has been directly or indirectly influenced by his work. Over the past year, he has documented, with great clarity, everything his family has experienced since hi…

Honest question - Are you going to also make a list of all the other products that you've used to live your life and make your money, so that anytime anyone in the family of one of the product developers dies, you can do something like this?

I think almost everybody understands human loss and can empathize. It's a bit rude to assume that someone doesn't, just because they don't want to support this rather tasteless memorial.

A child's life ended and now there is a color named after her (or some site changed a color band). What exactly is that doing for anyone other than adding a bit of trivia to the CSS spec so that people can read about it and say "Oh, that's horrible!" and then move on with their lives? What is that doing for the parents? Is the perception of this named color supposed to invoke some kind of warm feeling? Is it to let the parents know that "we support you"? If so - don't you think providing some actual support in the form of something useful would be much better?

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

#39

Post by follyfalls »

DanBC wrote: post #30
follyfalls wrote: post #20

I feel like I'm missing something here. A very young girl died of cancer. That's pretty sad, but I fail to see how it's anymore sad than the hundreds/thousands of people who die of cancer every day. Millions of people will have died of cancer by the end of this year. So we have all these people tweeting this hashtag and coloring their Twitter avatar purple, because Rebecca's favorite color was purple (no non-sequitur…

I am a bit confused about your post. How old are you? How have you managed to live without learning that people do stuff like this - they wear little coloured ribbons or wristbands or etc. when someone dies people will talk about how clever / nice / awesome etc (even if they weren't). While I agree with you (I don't know him; I didn't know her; I don't care that she's dead; I see zero point in concentrating more on h…

If they're entitled to their bullshit, then why am I not entitled to mine? If I'm annoyed or distressed by their bullshit, why should the not be distressed by mine? Is it because my opinion is less popular? That's it?

For the record, I'm 28.

Re: Let's change the HN title bar to #663399

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Post by [deleted] »

freshyill wrote: post #29
joaren wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try being a bit less condescending. Just because someone thinks displays like this are hypocritical doesn't mean they are heartless. It could mean they are acutely aware that the only reason people care about this is incidental circumstance, and that equally sad events pass by without scrutiny because it didn't happen to someone who's milked it out for attention. Because that's what blogging about your daughter's can…

Either he's feigning ignorance over why anybody would be the slightest bit empathetic toward the death of Eric Meyer's daughter or he's too much of a robot to actually understand. You can make an argument that HN must be 100 percent on-topic, at all times, and that it doesn't belong here. But you can also argue that we are all humans and we can just accept it once in a while, even here. To jump to the conclusion that…

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