Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs' • Hacker News Board

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by lfuller » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 4:29 PM UTC

rch wrote: post #40

lfuller wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case.

Can we please give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he intended to note that society doesn't allocate opportunity evenly across all demographics, even though it should. Don't vote the comment up though - let it fall peacefully to the bottom of the pile where it belongs.

Yes, I feel like people didn't understand the point of my comment. I was pointing out that the OP's "ideal world" sounded pretty xenophobic when taken in context. Just because we don't care about someone doesn't mean it's irrelevant if they're killed.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by lfuller » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

lfuller wrote: post #23

ChuckMcM wrote: post #19

My Dad once said, the world would be a better place if drugs and alcohol only killed people we didn't care about. Sadly the world is not like that.

There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case.

To anyone attacking me, my comment was sarcastic and intended to point out the xenophobia inherent in the OPs statement. I wasn't saying that "I" thought minorities should be killed, I was dryly saying that the "ideal world" spoken about by the OP would be a horrible one in which many innocent people would die.

For that matter - what kind of terrible person would publicly go on Hacker News and say that they think minorities should die? Why would that be your first thought?

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by lfuller » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

notastartup wrote: post #38

lfuller wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case.

>There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case. Let's see you post that shit on your company facebook page and see what minorities looking for great apartments think. https://www.facebook.com/Oikoi

Please see above for the context of my statement.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by mpyne » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

lfuller wrote: post #62

lfuller wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case.

To anyone attacking me, my comment was sarcastic and intended to point out the xenophobia inherent in the OPs statement. I wasn't saying that "I" thought minorities should be killed, I was dryly saying that the "ideal world" spoken about by the OP would be a horrible one in which many innocent people would die. For that matter - what kind of terrible person would publicly go on Hacker News and say that they think min…

> what kind of terrible person would publicly go on Hacker News and say that they think minorities should die? Why would that be your first thought?

Are we reading the same HN?

I took your comment immediately to be what you intended, but how can you possibly act surprised at the comments here anymore? This isn't 2012's HN anymore.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by Confusion » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 4:48 PM UTC

MyNameIsMK wrote: post #2

Why was he doing drugs?

Why do people smoke, drink, ride rollercoasters? Why do they do dangerous things like parkour or traditional free climbing?

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by dfc » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 5:57 PM UTC

lfuller wrote: post #62

lfuller wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There'd be a lot fewer minorities if that was the case.

To anyone attacking me, my comment was sarcastic and intended to point out the xenophobia inherent in the OPs statement. I wasn't saying that "I" thought minorities should be killed, I was dryly saying that the "ideal world" spoken about by the OP would be a horrible one in which many innocent people would die. For that matter - what kind of terrible person would publicly go on Hacker News and say that they think min…

I don't understand where the inherent xenophobia is in the original statement? I am not being a dick I am just interested in seeing what I am missing.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by ChuckMcM » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #29

zaporozhets wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a horrendous sentiment.

I suspect it was offered as a dark koan, not an earnest wish.

Exactly, it was a sad day when he had lost a friend at the hands of a driver under the influence.

Re: Elite Hacker Barnaby Jack 'overdosed on drugs'

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Post by ChuckMcM » Sat, Jan 04, 2014, 8:43 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #19

My Dad once said, the world would be a better place if drugs and alcohol only killed people we didn't care about. Sadly the world is not like that.

Sorry for the comment. My Dad had just lost a good friend, he was sad, he was angry, he was sharing his pain of losing someone he cared about due to an entirely preventable cause. I feel the same way when ever someone I care about takes their own life, either explicitly like Aaron did, or implicitly like Barnaby Jack did. It hurts.