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I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by meej »

delinka wrote: post #285

I tend to group posts like this in with the recent attention on sexism in tech, and it makes me ask ... Why do people feel the need to be such assholes to other human beings? Why should it ever matter what someone else does with their lives as long as it doesn't interfere with your inalienable rights? Why should it ever matter to anyone what color your skin is or what genitals you have if you get the job done? I just…

i agree.

robert anton wilson put it well: "like what you like, enjoy what you enjoy, and don't take crap from anybody."

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Post by exodust »

The "hate" that he talks about is not actually hate. People who make fun of others on the internet are often just having a go at comedy in the spirit of "The Roast" where jokes often cross the line but everyone is fine with it because it's "a roasting".

It's the same thing online. The thread begins with "how can we make fun of this person", and people join in and have a go at being a comedian. Obviously, amateur comedians will always step over the line without evening knowing it. And by amateur comedians I also mean professional writers who aren't known for their Roasting Humor, but will have a go anyway (ie, NY Times writes and so on).

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by andrewpi »

veemjeem wrote: post #190
darylgab wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can get jeans for $30, glasses for $50, and shirts for $10, at Costco. If this guy's concern is really about a budget, he is bad at budgeting.

To be fair, Costco is definitely not the cheapest place to buy clothing. Plus the author lives in NYC which probably doesn't have that many large Costco facilities near subway.

Actually NYC has several Costcos within range of the subway.

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Post by prawn »

ebiester wrote: post #273
dnautics wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"It was a hatred of people that need to stand out for standing-out's sake. That realization was at once positive and negative—people didn't hate me because I was a hipster, they hated me because I looked like I was nakedly desperate for attention, and had gone about that attention-grabbing by glomming on to marginalized trends" But that is (one) definition of hipster . Casual speculation: Would the situation have bee…

Eh, I'd think hipster if I saw a pinstripe suit. Loose fitting jeans and a polo, however, might do it.

They he'd just be a hipster doing it wrong...

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Post by GhotiFish »

techtalsky wrote: post #158

Kind of recently, a close friend of mine took a picture of him and his wife explaining something to their dog: http://i.imgur.com/bfpOGYK.jpg They're the sweetest, coolest, most open-minded people and I adore them. They're not trying to act like they're better or more stylish than anyone else, but the level of "hipster hate" they got in the thread was just intense.

Hmmm. I can almost... ALMOST see how it's possible a few denizens would interpret these two as counter cultural attention seekers, but they're clearly not. That photo's a good joke.

I'm actually having some trouble imaginging to big a fallout on this, if any. I suspect you're being dramatic, where did this happen? tineye doesn't return results. https://www.tineye.com/search/dad74b36792f392b44d2df523fe17a...

edit: Never mind it was easier to find than I thought

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1h7apd/my_wife_and_i_h...

This seems good natured enough. I don't feel these two are being mocked in this thread.

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Post by prawn »

delinka wrote: post #285

I tend to group posts like this in with the recent attention on sexism in tech, and it makes me ask ... Why do people feel the need to be such assholes to other human beings? Why should it ever matter what someone else does with their lives as long as it doesn't interfere with your inalienable rights? Why should it ever matter to anyone what color your skin is or what genitals you have if you get the job done? I just…

It's a bit worrying that so many of the HN comments obsess over the subjectiveness of labels and not on the vitriol.

Re: I Am An Object Of Internet Ridicule, Ask Me Anything

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Post by GhotiFish »

peterwwillis wrote: post #8

Cyber bullying kills kids. That's one thing to remember about all this. If he had been a shaky, insecure, frightened teen, this kind of treatment can push mild depression into thoughts of suicide. And many adults are also vulnerable to this kind of abuse. If you see this happening to anyone, please, step up and defend them.

Please get them away from the internet, defending them will do literally nothing. Bullying in schools is awful because children have absolutely no recourse. They can't get away, they are forced in day after day. They have no tools to mediate conflict.

Bullying on the internet is trivial, you arn't trapped, you arn't forced into these situations. You can hide if you want to. You don't have to reveal who you are. You can walk away. You can be anonymous. You should be anonymous anyway.

This article is about someone who suck his neck waaaay out, and got his head bashed in for it. Don't do that.

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Post by GhotiFish »

forgottenpaswrd wrote: post #39

Well, being ridiculed by people in Reddit is something honorable. Who cares what they think about you? Don't lose your time with these people. Take a video camera and explain what you do for people in the internet, youtube and vimeo... Better, you could create a cool kickstarter project in which by the way, you explain better what you do. Never forget that being able to tell stories is one of the most important abili…

I know someone who did what you described, she was a scam artist. She intentionally used the "no press is bad press" tactic to grab attention, then started a baseless kickstarter project on the wave to fund bogus projects.

Come to think of it, that fits the description of many people.

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Post by x0054 »

Why on earth is this on the front page of hacker news. I understand that HN is not all about tech, and interesting articles of all kinds should percolate up. But why is this at the very top for so long. It's about Internet hate, and we all know that Internet hate is due to the anonymity that Internet provides, nothing more or less.

This has little to do with hipsters or counter culture. SOME People on reddit don't hate hipsters, or puppies, or anything else. They just hate, period. They hate because there is a % of human population which just likes to hate. Think about the Sexual Harasment Panda episode of South Park and the "we don't take kindly to..." line from it. That kind of attitude + anonymity = net hate. The good thing is, net hate very rarely = real life.

Any way, I think this guy is pretty cool. And it makes perfect sense to me that he uses a typewriter. He sells stories to tourists. He needs to give them a physical object, rather then an email, to inspire them to give him money in return. I know I would pay more money for a story written on a typewriter and given to me, rather then one emailed to me for the following reasons:

1. I know it's original, or at least typed just for me. 2. I will own the only exact copy of it. 3. I know some one actually spent time to type it out, which takes skills and effort.

Besides, if he wants to give people a hard copy, what is he supposed to do, lug a printer and power generator with him.

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