Welcome again to everybody! Happy Lunar New Year. Make yourself at home. Go ahead and stand on that inconspicuous floor tile over there. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is our weekly discussion thread!
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This reminded me of this post, or rather the answers to that post. I understand that the post was really bad, but I find the comments way too hostile. Maybe I’m being too optimistic here, but maybe if people explained in a nice way pinkeston could have realized that they were wrong. I doubt anyone will go “oh actually you are right, my mistake haha” when met with such hostility.
Honestly, when I saw those responses to the post I felt betrayed… I didn’t think that the people I respect so much would suddenly become so hostile when seeing a bad take. It made me think for a while “What if I one day unknowingly post something that is so wrong that my comrades will do that to me?” Just thinking about it made me cry.
Makes sense. Re-reading it makes me see how hostile everyone is. Yes, it’s a weird take, but being that hostile was uncalled for.
I hope we can all keep learning in a good way instead of being attacked for not having the ‘right’ ideas.