[hunterb123]

I started becoming concerned about peterth3 when I read his HN comment in 2022.

> He’s been in desperate need of therapy for a long time. It’s sad in some ways. He is one of the most brilliant men alive, but he would be 10x happier and more effective if he worked on himself as hard as he works his companies.

He started diagnosing people online either without meeting them or knowing them personally. It's sad in some ways. I'm sure he's a decent engineer but he'd be 10x happier and more effective if he focused on himself and not trying to find fault in others.

[peterth3]

dang, a personal attack…

I’ll leave. Peace

[hunterb123]

It was an ad lib, I simply swapped out Musk with your name and replaced relevant nouns.

Are you saying you can hurl personal insults, but others can't at you?

[darksoulshell]

Here's why YTA:

!) OP says "[Elon Musk] is one of the most brilliant men alive" and suggests he would benefit from therapy. IMO this isn't really a personal insult towards Elon.

2) Your "ad lib" intentionally excluded the "brilliant man" part of OP's comment and replaces it with "decent engineer." This makes your comment a direct insult to OP. Implying that they're not a good engineer.

3) Elon Musk is a public figure. The richest man alive. Even if OP was insulting Elon, that is completely different from what you're doing. Criticizing people in power is good. Insulting strangers online is mean.

4) OP didn't even diagnose Elon with codependence, that was the Rolling Stone author. Suggesting someone could benefit from therapy is not a diagnosis.

5) Ironically OP rarely comments on HN while you're commenting several times a day. With lots of negative, argumentative, and judgemental comments.

"Personal attacks are not allowed on HN" — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9683927

[hunterb123]

I think you would benefit from therapy since you seem to be too sensitive. Do you feel insulted by that?

Maybe GP shouldn't insult people if they don't have thick enough skin to be treated the same.

I don't care if you're famous or not, I'll give you the same tone as you give others.

But yes I can be an asshole, never claimed not to be. I can also be nice. They way I treat people depends on how they treat others.