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I Quit Hacker News

(mattmaroon.com)
261 points cwan | 5 comments | 23 Nov 10 17:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.73s | source
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pshapiro ◴[23 Nov 10 17:15 UTC] No.1934435[source]▶
"The community is often snobbish and out of touch with how the other half lives. "

I have noticed this and unfortunately have to agree with this observation. I wonder what principle (teaching) lets hackernews people behave like that.

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1. ryanwaggoner ◴[23 Nov 10 17:16 UTC] No.1934444[source]▶
Most people are like this. People generally don't have a lot of understanding or empathy to the challenges of people outside their social class.
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2. mhd ◴[23 Nov 10 17:23 UTC] No.1934488[source]▶
What's the average age of an HN poster? I remember being pretty judgmental and self-righteous when I was 20…
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3. bkj123 ◴[23 Nov 10 17:25 UTC] No.1934501[source]▶
Your statement made me think. Looking at my friends, family, and colleagues, I can think of 2 small groups where your statement fits. The rest, I feel, do seek to understand and empathize. In my case, it is the minority.
4. Alex3917 ◴[23 Nov 10 17:32 UTC] No.1934525[source]▶
I'd say the secret to self-actualization is having a noetic understanding of the fact that others are simultaneously far more similar to us and far more different from us than we can ever fully realize.
5. GFischer ◴[23 Nov 10 18:44 UTC] No.1934855[source]▶
This poll says 32% are in the 19-24 range, and 35% in the 25-30 range:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=126923