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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by ljm on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:15PM (#17427500)
I think you only need to look at Reddit and the ProRevenge/PettyRevenge/etc subreddits to see the mindset of a very large amount of people who find joy in completely ruining somebody’s life.

The common theme being you suffered so you deliver 100x suffering in return in cruel and unusual ways. Redefining karma as cold revenge, being an innocent victim who is a victim but no longer innocent.

This doesn’t even come close to healthy. It usually takes therapy to get there in such a case but when you revel in the pain...

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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by learc83 on Friday June 29, 2018 @06:03PM (#17428187)
It's no surprise when almost half of the voters in the country voted for a man who's personal motto is "get even".

"Get even with people. If they screw you, screw them back 10 times as hard. I really believe it."

"When you’re in business, you get even with people that screw you. And you screw them 15 times harder."

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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by leesalminen on Friday June 29, 2018 @09:28PM (#17429016)
Should you not stand up for yourself in business?

Anecdotally, I was screwed once in a business. I didn’t retaliate. Same thing happened a second time because this person knew I wouldn’t react.

I won’t let it happen again.

Edit:: to be clear, I’m talking 7-figure screwed, not “this person was mean to me”.

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Re:A Japanese cyber-security expert who defended basic decen... by learc83 on Friday June 29, 2018 @10:26PM (#17429176)
So you learned your lesson and you've made sure to devote a significant portion of your resources to getting your revenge?

There's a difference between not letting someone take advantage of you and spending significant time repaying every perceived slight 10 fold. Even iterative prisoners dilemma shows that without forgiveness a tit for tat strategy dissolves into an endless cycle of vengeance.

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