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fragmedelast Thursday at 11:43 AM1 replyview on HN

Right? The general case just doesn't make sense to me when people do that, where "that" is "I have a problem with person/organization, but rather than talk to person/organization about thing, I'm going to complain about it to everyone except person/organization and somehow be surprised that problem never gets fixed"! Like, how do you want things to get better?


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skeltoaclast Thursday at 12:26 PM

It’s not a strategy for improving the outside world. It’s an automatic emotional pressure relief valve for reducing internal discomfort.