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Re:Are Cyclists Better People Than Drivers? This Study Say So on Thursday November 02, 2023 @12:00PM (#38115438)
My observation is that perfectly nice people turn into sociopaths when biking on public roads. They instantly become resentful of all other road users, especially pedestrians or drivers who they slow down. You can watch the transformation in real time.
Re:Elon Musk went from superhero to supervillain on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:58PM (#37475287)
What if someone like MLK Jr had skeletons in his closet that we discovered? Should we discard his legacy so we don’t “separate the artist from the art”?
Re:Elon Musk went from superhero to supervillain on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:53PM (#37475247)
objectively good according to whose system of morals?

Edit: my point in arguing this is that hn’s audience would worship anyone who has done a tenth of what Musk has - but the slightest bit of political nonconformity makes him a “supervillain”

Re:Elon Musk went from superhero to supervillain on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:39PM (#37475152)
Single-handedly keeping the dream of space travel alive and doing more for electrification of vehicles than anyone else alive…

What a villain

Re:The FBI’s Contract to Buy Mass Internet Data on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:38PM (#35334714)
Then why did they buy it?
In what way do we have a “population crisis”?
But even Bill Gates is now saying that it’s just like a cold and only risky for the very elderly. And the virus did leak from a lab? Two of the three points you’re trying to straw-man are rooted in obvious fact.
Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:57AM (#34354375)
Exceptional…

Watchmen…

Lol