“an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm”

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snark

Indignant definition:

“feeling or showing anger because of something unjust or unworthy”

Source:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indignant

So just based on these definitions that comment seems neither snarky nor indignant? There’s no anger because he’s a moderator calmly stating one of the rules of the site. And there don’t seem to be anything mocking, irreverent or sarcastic about him calmly stating the site guidelines?

Do you have any specific examples of where dang or another moderator posted in that way?

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The above quote is from a character from one of JRR Tolkien’s books. (Gandalf from Return of the King.)

Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme which was one of the most destructive battles in human history. So I think his views have some weight here.

Bad things have always happened in the world. Despair is a useless emotion that just precludes action that can better the world or even better a single other’s person’s life. For each person belongs to the world and by improving one life you improve the world. This cannot be accomplished through despair but through joy.

If Mahatma Gandhi had lived in despair over the horrible things the British were doing to the Indians, would he have been able to help anyone? It was through joyous resistance that he managed to inspire a movement to defeat them.

I think it’s entirely plausible that this kid chose to write their first HN post in that same formal style.

I could be wrong though. But I always wonder if there would be moments where someone writes a genuine thing and it’s mistaken for AI.

But I really was referring to “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom”.

I hope what I am about to write below in the rest of my comment here isn’t too much of a spoiler. It might be. I encourage anyone reading this thread to read that short story before reading the rest of my comment here.

But with (hopefully minimal) spoilers,

the character Dana in “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” realizes something at the very end of the story about a certain event that had happened earlier in Dana’s life. The story made me realize the same thing about certain events in my life.

Of course the events in my life are very different from what happened with Dana in the short story. But the realization Dana has is applicable to many things in people’s lives. Especially events related to emotions of regret and guilt.

His novella “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” altered the course of my life. It changed the way I looked back at certain pivotal moments in my life and taught me to think about those pivotal moments differently than how I was thinking about them. Similar to what happens to one of the characters in the story who ends up changing their perception of a key moment in their life.

I won’t go into detail because I don’t want to spoil the story but I highly recommend it. Actually I recommend all his stories to be honest.

“If you don’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will.” - Steve Jobs

No doctor makes this much for a 15 minute conversation. A small portion of that money is going to the doctor. Much of it goes to all the other aspects of healthcare. The facility, other people involved in care, etc.

And no 15 minute visit costs 1000 dollars to the patient as well. That’s a pretty big exaggeration.

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On Saturdays, in the town of Surfside, I would frequently see many Orthodox Jewish people at the beaches and cheerfully going for walks and so on. A pleasant and wonderful atmosphere.

This happens with every technological innovation. It’s called creative destruction. The idea that some technology will lead to mass unemployment and then some kind of revolution…that is a myth that’s been around since Marx. Actually even before him.

I predict the same thing will happen. Some jobs will go away. Others will take their place. The people of the 1700’s and 1800’s couldn’t have even begun to imagine the kinds of jobs many do today.

Is this the new thing that’s going to happen now? People use phrases that have been around forever and people accuse them of using AI?

I’m glad I’m not going to college in this environment. How unfortunate and demoralizing it would be if I wrote an essay by myself in a college class and the professor thought I was using AI.

I haven’t been to college in a while. That was long before AI. I do have access to some of my old essays. Based on their tone and some of the wording I was using, I don’t doubt that some people would accuse them of being AI written were it not for the fact I wrote them many years ago.

Will college students now deliberately try to avoid certain common phrases out of paranoia of being accused of this?

What I’m wondering about is…why?

As in…why is cancer rising among the later generations? Smoking has substantially fallen and this has led to a sharp decrease in lung cancer rates. So why are cancer rates overall increasing for those born in the later generations?