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Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by mmsimanga »

sojournerc wrote: post #21
jkhrjkew wrote: post #3

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Is it really impossible? Why? Do you think there really aren't conservative young people? I somehow missed when conservative became a dirty word, and have a hard time understanding why anything right of center is "ruining" young people lives.

I blame social media for giving every one a loud speaker to broadcast their views. The result is only extreme views from both parties are heard. Reminds me of developers arguing about their favorite database. If you are a none developer reading the comments you wont be aware that the developers agree on many things such as normalisation, indexing strategies, the need for a database (some people don't see the need), ORMs and using source control.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by irrational »

Hmm, I don't know how it is in other countries, but in the USA retired presidents receive a yearly salary for life. Get yourself elected at 35. Screw around for 4 years. Retire at 39 with a good enough yearly pension to do nothing for the rest of your life. Brilliant.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by notkaiho »

sad-throwaway wrote: post #58
notkaiho wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't know man, I'm not politically aligned with you or know you any more than what you have posted here. But I would say that there's definitely some value to NOT bringing your gun fandom and Hayek worship to the fore in social situations. If you can't walk out of the house without your Trusty Sidearm of Destiny, you have bigger problems than that though...

In the 15+ years of ridicule, armchair psychologists, and unsolicited advice that I've had to endure, this comment is definitely the most flavorful and interesting one. I like it! I'll be sure to name my daily carry "Trusty Sidearm of Destiny"

One last comment. Don't call it a "daily carry". ;)

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by sad-throwaway »

notkaiho wrote: post #63
sad-throwaway wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the 15+ years of ridicule, armchair psychologists, and unsolicited advice that I've had to endure, this comment is definitely the most flavorful and interesting one. I like it! I'll be sure to name my daily carry "Trusty Sidearm of Destiny"

One last comment. Don't call it a "daily carry". ;)

Everyday carry? I don't know the terminology! Ain't got nobody to correct me :/

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by wayoutthere »

hos234 wrote: post #51
wayoutthere wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN, like any subreddit, has inherent bias in its moderation. I suspect the fact that Russia was involved prompted the removal of the other story -- if I were a moderator, I would just expect any thread involving Russia and international politics to be a dumpster fire. Finland is a bit easier for Americans to avoid passionate political opinions with.

I would like a left vote/right vote. Would be interesting to see the posts where both counts cancel under a Header of Neutral (non polarizing) content. Similarly content(posts AND comments) getting "high" left and right counts can be sent off under separate Headers for the respective fan clubs to feast on.

I mean, you've effectively described Facebook's news feed so I don't think HN needs to build it.

Re: Finnish minister Sanna Marin, 34, to become world's youngest PM

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Post by dang »

wayoutthere wrote: post #33
haunter wrote: post #24

I really don't get HN sometimes. The russian doping ban article was flagged fore political, yet this one stays up even tho I feel this is more political https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21742239 And before everyone says "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate". I'm not complaining just observing situations like this + HN lacks appropriate open ways for meta discussion (which Reddit actually does…

HN, like any subreddit, has inherent bias in its moderation. I suspect the fact that Russia was involved prompted the removal of the other story -- if I were a moderator, I would just expect any thread involving Russia and international politics to be a dumpster fire. Finland is a bit easier for Americans to avoid passionate political opinions with.

Moderators didn't do anything to either that submission or this one. Users flagged them.

I did change the title on this one to match what the article currently says; that's all.

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