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Re:Ask HN: Do relationships improve or reduce your creativit... by ahoyhere on Sunday March 29, 2009 @02:20PM (#537607)
sho, you downvoted me, but do you see what I mean now? Maybe I didn't lay it out as clearly as you did.

But my personal theory is he just posts this stuff to stir up shit, and see if he can convince some other marginalized guys to swing to his worldview, rather than any kind of actual question he wants answered.

Every time the topic comes up (or he brings it up), he goes on and on about how American women are worthless this, and Sex and the City that.

It's a twisted attempt at pedagogy (translation: trolling, with a purpose), not Hacker News.

Re:Ask HN: Do relationships improve or reduce your creativit... by sho on Sunday March 29, 2009 @02:47PM (#537632)
I upvoted you on your next comment. Of course I agree with your sentiments (in this instance), I just don't like the use of labels in general. Nothing personal.

Even so, I don't think "sexist" and "mysogynist" really cover it. It's more just general confusion and misguided thinking, the women-related stuff just seems like a sort of byproduct or artefact. I won't speculate on reasons, I'm not a psychologist.

Anyway, yes, I also suspect a single-issue pedagogue with an axe to grind. Ah well, c'est la vie. And no, it's definitely not Hacker News.

(edited to remove badly-explained, extreme example of voting standards)

Re:Ask HN: Do relationships improve or reduce your creativit... by ahoyhere on Sunday March 29, 2009 @04:21PM (#537740)
I didn't recommend banning him, I recommended that people pay attention to what they are upvoting.
Re:Ask HN: Do relationships improve or reduce your creativit... by sho on Sunday March 29, 2009 @04:33PM (#537751)
I'm not calling for anyone to be banned. But don't worry too much about a few numbers on a website; it doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.