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dmos62today at 6:54 AM3 repliesview on HN

Don't you wish well on people you don't want to associate with? It would be interesting if you didn't, imo.


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blitzartoday at 4:06 PM

No, if I believed wishes, hopes and prayers affected anything why would I waste the finite quantity of them on random people let alone people I professionally separated myself from?

As Donald Draper once said "I don't think about you at all."

BugsJustFindMetoday at 3:14 PM

"I don't want to associate with you" and "You betrayed my trust" are two different things. The latter says you intentionally caused me harm, the former does not. I don't consider it normal to wish well on people who intentionally cause me harm.

latexrtoday at 7:39 AM

> people you don't want to associate with

That’s an oversimplification of what your parent comment said, which was someone who has betrayed your trust.

> It would be interesting if you didn't

Why? What’s interesting about it? You don’t have to actively wish harm on people who harmed you, but there’s nothing strange about not wishing them well.

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