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birdsongs • today at 8:37 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> And to answer your question, no, I don't have much of an idea how daily life is for non-technical people

This is very clear. You're incredibly disconnected from how most people in society operate, their motives, and capacity.

And your malice and contempt is entirely misplaced.


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anonym29 • today at 8:46 PM

You seem confused.

malice /măl′ĭs/ noun

1. A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.

2. The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse.

3. An improper motive for an action, such as desire to cause injury to another.

None of the above apply to me. I don't want to harm or injure anyone, and I don't want anyone to suffer. Consumers choose suffering and choose to voluntarily accept harm and injury, and I wish they wouldn't.

But you can't force people to not harm themselves, it's something they have to choose for themselves. Anyone who's ever lived with or loved an alcoholic or drug addict understands this. The contempt isn't for the person, it's for the theft of the person's faculties. The response to the person being unwilling to change is frustration with their choices, not contempt for the human being.