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Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code by uptown on Saturday December 14, 2013 @09:18PM (#6908045)
Who asked you to 'give a shit'? Who even asked you to weigh in on this? TLDR: Nobody.
Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code by Dylan16807 on Saturday December 14, 2013 @09:41PM (#6908107)
Everyone upvoting it on the discussion site news.ycombinator.com
Re:Homeless man releases app after learning to code by Hydraulix989 on Saturday December 14, 2013 @11:26PM (#6908378)
I think the intended intent behind an upvote on these news aggregation sites is that the actor oneself "gives a shit" about the article -- rather than "wants others to 'give a shit'" about the article. Of course, in practice, it's the latter, especially for one's own submissions.