Why we lie about being retired

Re:Why we lie about being retired by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:06PM (#20750006)

Neither of you seems to be offering a particularly charitable interpretation to the other. Launching with "that's a pretty bold assessment" sets the tone for your own first response.

The comment reads far better without that sentence. As it is, you and mikestew appear to be in violent agreement.

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Re:Why we lie about being retired by mieseratte on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:20PM (#20750184)

> Neither of you seems to be offering a particularly charitable interpretation to the other.

Not a lot of room for uncharitable misinterpretation when one starts off with "I can only assume..."

> The comment reads far better without that sentence.

It certainly would!

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Re:Why we lie about being retired by dredmorbius on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:45PM (#20750510)

I probably should have mentioned that as well, yes.

You had the choice to interpret charitably yourself, however ;-)

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

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Re:Why we lie about being retired by knolax on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @12:57AM (#20754674)

I'd like to interject for a moment and say that imho this entire subthread is off topic and weirdly passive-aggressive.

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Re:Why we lie about being retired by dredmorbius on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @12:31PM (#20758827)

Almost any time a nudge on HN culture goes past a single initial mention / response, it tends to get that way.

Though the initial bit on the culture of charity (see link in my previous comment you're replying to) seems generally on point.

Watching people talk past each other rubs me as tedious. I'll mention it occasionally.

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