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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Yeah not to be a scold, but the degree of antisocial/passive-aggressive behavior stuns me.

You think the direct approach would have worked?

Imposing your will by being better at technology is morally no different from imposing your will by being physically stronger. There's a reason civilised societies follow processes rather than having people resolve their disputes directly.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Yes clearly your anecdote is irrefutable proof.

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You’re the one claiming smoking cigarettes don’t give lung cancer and it’s all a big conspiracy to mess with you.

So the onus in on you to show that smoking cigarettes doesn’t cause lung cancer despite the overwhelming amount t of scientific evidence that it does.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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You’re the one claiming smoking cigarettes don’t give lung cancer and it’s all a big conspiracy to mess with you. So the onus in on you to show that smoking cigarettes doesn’t cause lung cancer despite the overwhelming amount t of scientific evidence that it does.

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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Were you each other’s only neighbours? How did that “war” not involve other people in the vicinity?

Based on this tall tale being the top comment, and the replies to you, I hereby request dang remove the “HN is becoming Reddit” nono from the guidelines.

https://old.reddit.com/r/nothingeverhappens

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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This reminds me of this guy [1] My neighbor is smoking on the balcony, and smoke goes to my home with little kids. I talked with him several times, didn't help. It's his territory, so not much I can do, besides closing the doors. But at least i can use this fake smoke detector with VERY ANNOYING random buzzer. It starts buzzing when i connect to it my iPhone via BLE. Makes it not as relaxing to smoke on the balcony a…

I will go insane if I read more reddit.

> Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO

What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with your toxic smoke

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Rates are down massively compared to where they were before the significant drop in smoking. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10752493/

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> a full 1/3 of lifelong smokers never develop any kind of cancer,

That's "true" in the sense that it's the CVD (Cardiovascular disease) and COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) that are way more likely to take them out first.

Lifetime Smoking History and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Cohort Study with 43 Years of Follow-Up

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4824471/

Sure, you absolutely can be 98 years old sucking back on a deathstick, just like you might find yourself screaming "suck it" as you take home that giant lottery cheque with some winnings.

Pachinko's a hell of a game .. but still the house wins.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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post #53

This reminds me of this guy [1] My neighbor is smoking on the balcony, and smoke goes to my home with little kids. I talked with him several times, didn't help. It's his territory, so not much I can do, besides closing the doors. But at least i can use this fake smoke detector with VERY ANNOYING random buzzer. It starts buzzing when i connect to it my iPhone via BLE. Makes it not as relaxing to smoke on the balcony a…

I will go insane if I read more reddit. > Have you thought about moving into a house with no neighbors? Otherwise, have some respect for others IMO What about the smoker having respect to the person he forces to smoke? (you can't be quick enough to close your window, the smoke has already invaded your home once you smelled it). Your rights end where my rights start. You have no right to invade my personal space with…

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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Were you each other’s only neighbours? How did that “war” not involve other people in the vicinity?

Based on this tall tale being the top comment, and the replies to you, I hereby request dang remove the “HN is becoming Reddit” nono from the guidelines.

I agree. I don't understand the argument that just because people have incorrectly claimed HN is turning into reddit before, it automatically means it can never happen. I think HN has become a lot more like reddit and in some ways even worse.
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