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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by ekianjo on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:49PM (#24126432)
> That depends entirely on how the reader feels about diversity.

Or that depends entirely on how the reader is used to seeing buzz words the whole time used in unrelated contexts. You know, not every mundane thing is life bears relation to high ideals.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by johnnyanmac on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @07:00PM (#24126962)
>EDIT: ...aaaaand you downvoted me. Typical.

this isn't reddit. Even if you have downvote priveledges, you can never downvote direct replies to your own comments. so it was not them.

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by SpelingBeeChamp on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:34AM (#24128873)
*privileges

(just a friendly heads up)

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by tempestn on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:35AM (#24128876)
You're getting downvoted and all the replies are disagreeing with you. Is it because everyone else is misunderstanding your clear, reasonable argument, or is it more likely something to do with the way you're communicating it?
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by staycoolboy on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:44AM (#24132508)
It appears to be the former because no one addressed my point that people have different viewpoints.

In my original post I stated that people would only eyeroll a reference to diversity based on how they view diversity. That's it.

I thought that was harmless and succinct. People have different points of view, and no person can anticipate how another person will react. Then people tried to explain to me that I was wrong, which means: people's views DON'T actually play into how they react, which is demonstrably false. See that? In order to argue me, you have to take the position that you know exactly how everyone will already react.

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by tempestn on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @07:06PM (#24138134)
OK, so what's the point you were trying to make with your initial statement? If you were just making the tautological statement that people act based on their points of view, a fact which if meant literally is both obvious and irrelevant, then what was the point of making that comment?

Rather, your comment strongly appeared to suggest that you were implying one would support Mozilla's statement if they supported diversity, and vice-versa. But if you were trying to imply that, it appears you missed the point of the parent's comment. And if you weren't trying to imply that, and weren't just stating a tautology, then it still isn't clear what point you are trying to make.