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New comment by bitlax in "It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history"

bitlax — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:55:35 +0000

So true.

New comment by bitlax in "It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history"

bitlax — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:08:09 +0000

"You're in Plato's cave but everyone is bed rotting."

New comment by bitlax in "It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history"

bitlax — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:47:25 +0000

"He considers himself well-informed..."

New comment by bitlax in "Someone Shared a Real Monet Painting as AI and Asked for Critiques"

bitlax — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:42:36 +0000

Plot twist: Monet is actually garbage

New comment by bitlax in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

bitlax — Fri, 08 May 2026 10:14:54 +0000

They like it as a punishment for boys exclusively.

New comment by bitlax in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

bitlax — Wed, 06 May 2026 12:03:22 +0000

This but unironically.

New comment by bitlax in "Ask HN: Did past "bubbles" have so many people claiming we were in a bubble?"

bitlax — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:17:28 +0000

Peter Schiff was right!

New comment by bitlax in "Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say"

bitlax — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:14:53 +0000

New comment by bitlax in "Pentagon readies 1,500 troops to possibly deploy to Minnesota, US media say"

bitlax — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:51:23 +0000

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-readies-1500-soldi...

New comment by bitlax in "U.S. veterans helped Venezuela's Machado escape"

bitlax — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:50:27 +0000

false dichotomy

New comment by bitlax in "Apple cuts Vision Pro production and marketing after weak sales"

bitlax — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 13:25:27 +0000

I absolutely do, I just don't want to wear BCGs.

New comment by bitlax in "South Korea police say 120k home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage"

bitlax — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:05:38 +0000

Oh are we not making bad faith arguments now?

New comment by bitlax in "South Korea police say 120k home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage"

bitlax — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:57:21 +0000

Suspects cheating.

Finds evidence of cheating.

"Try not being so paranoid."

New comment by bitlax in "Majority of teens hold negative views of news media, says report"

bitlax — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:48:11 +0000

This was the theory with the universities.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:19:43 +0000

I see where you're coming from.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:04 +0000

> you're unlikely to permit yourself to empathize with anything else besides your ingroup.

But in your example you described an attitude of depraved indifference, which is exactly how I described the motivations of many drug dealers, including ones I know and that you do not.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:16:11 +0000

On re-read I may have been caught by Poe's Law here, in which case Thank God. I need sarcasm tags.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:08:18 +0000

There goes that empathy. Glad you do in fact realize that dealing fentanyl is wrong. Not something fantastic people do.

Edit: After your edit you seem to have found a rationale for rounding up and executing drug dealers "because reasons" so I think we're all done here.

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:36:02 +0000

"I'm sorry ma'am. Your son is dead, but the drug dealer is FASCINATING. No you won't be able to tell."

New comment by bitlax in "Empathy for Dummies"

bitlax — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:35:39 +0000

So the point WAS to just make stuff up to excuse bad behavior!