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I want to be left alone (2024)

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179 points car | 1 comments | 03 Sep 25 01:11 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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satisfice ◴[03 Sep 25 01:41 UTC] No.45111378[source]▶
No one commenting here wants to be left alone.

No one reading the piece in the first place wants to be left alone. If you wanted that, you wouldn't say to yourself "I wonder what this guy has to say" and then click his thing.

I read and leave comments on Hacker News for two reasons: I want to know I'm not alone, I want to be helpful.

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photonthug ◴[03 Sep 25 01:54 UTC] No.45111465[source]▶
This misses the point completely? Wanting to know that you're not alone and wanting to be left alone are completely different, despite the word choice. Surely you realize this. Saying that "I prefer to avoid unsolicited harassment from corporate interests" is hardly the same as saying "I'm an unapologetic misanthrope".
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1. satisfice ◴[03 Sep 25 09:16 UTC] No.45113749[source]▶
I do see your point. It's just that when someone says "I want to be left alone" a hundred times, I start to think they want to be left alone.

"Leave me alone" is different from "I want to be left alone." The second implies you want to be left alone by everyone.