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Re:Is it just me or is networking really hard? by angersock on Sunday September 13, 2015 @08:36PM (#10213234)
I don't know if this is a general failing of people's critical thinking abilities, a sloppiness in their reading, or something else, but I have noticed over the past (feels like) few years a growing problem:

A lot of folks conflate personal insults ("you, ggambetta, are clearly a dunderhead when it comes to reading comments") with general sentiments about a group or abstract population ("Hacker News posters tend to be overly sensitive to the point of being crybabies").

A great deal of the flavor and comedy in writing, especially pieces that are self-identified rants, are not from personal insults but instead from hyperbolic and sometime vitriolic statements about an abstract other.

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Re:Is it just me or is networking really hard? by gafferongames on Sunday September 13, 2015 @09:20PM (#10213315)
Spot on and this was firmly written with tongue in cheek! It's funny because it's true though. I harbor no ill will to anyone. Also, a nice ending to this whole thing, the original poster found the article, and halfway through reading it, realized it was about them and posted a comment!
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