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rixed • 10/11/2024 • 1 reply • view on HN

Maybe, but shame has never been a very good cure overall.


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vkou • 10/12/2024

Shaming people is fantastic at making me feel self-righteous, though, which is the best metric by which I can evaluate treatments and interventions for other people.

(When I feel charitable, I can instead wring my hands and hemm and haww about the unknown consequences of people using medication to solve their health problems. I can't outline what exactly those consequences are, but I can certainly hemm and haww.)