Re:Andy Gross has died
by gremlinsinc on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:02AM
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I apologize for the tone, I have aspergers and can be a prick by accident, totally didn't mean it in negative, just was curious and felt a tweet wasn't that great a way to announce something like someone important's death.
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Re:Andy Gross has died
by simonbarker87 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @04:20AM
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You're good on this one, the other person is reacting emotionally as others have said which, if they know the person is totally understandable and it's a good chance for us to all show some compassion toward them (and not down vote).
Thanks. The internet needs more comments like this.
I don't think you were being negative or a prick. I think the worst I could characterise your comment as is blunt.
You're not wrong here, that person is just lashing out because they're emotional.
It's totally reasonable to ask why you should care about a particular strangers death in a world where 150,000 people die every single day.
It actually is unreasonable for you to ask that. It's also a pretty bad take to bring up the 150,000 people die every day statistic as if the fact that a single person who many people had a connection to dying is not of significance.
If you truly don't care just move on. If you want to know more, it doesn't take a great deal of skill to use Twitter, GitHub, Google, and more to find out all that you want to know.