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Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by to_bpr on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:12PM (#17188925)
>Materialistic, low IQ and shallow. Though that's what most people are, I suppose.

You should look into getting a therapist to talk through whatever has soured your outlook on life to this point of bitter cynicism.

Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by dang on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:57AM (#17194053)
This comment breaks the site guidelines by crossing into personal attack, and also by feeding a flamewar by replying. Please don't do that. Just flag the egregious comments instead.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by to_bpr on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:11AM (#17196875)
This wasn't a personal attack. It was an earnest suggestion.
Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by dang on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:15PM (#17197485)
I believe you. But if you're going to venture into personally intimate areas like whether someone needs psychotherapy, the burden is on you to clearly disambiguate your intent, because these moves are commonly used to snark at and demean others.
Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) by Antimachides on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @01:20PM (#17189565)
Am I wrong? Can I change what is there simply by thinking about it a different way? Is that some quantum spook trick you can teach me?