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by jawns
22 days ago
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I've read this type of writing before, and I associate it strongly with manic episodes and autistic hyper fixation. It veers from topic to topic with abrupt transitions, developing tenuous threads to support perceived grievances and slights, and every once in a while goes fully off the hinges. There are delusions of grandeur -- "One of the issues I have is that I'm so popular on Hacker News that people there don't criticize me so much these days, even when I'm wrong" -- and an apparent obliviousness to their redflagginess that is so extreme it almost feels like satire ("A few days ago, I got served with a tax warrant from the State of New York. They believe I didn't pay taxes in 2018 and they want an amount of money that's more than twice my current yearly income"). And after paragraph after paragraph of a sob story, the request for money is presented with perhaps the most bizarre pitch I can imagine: Donate your money to me so that I can live a lifestyle you could never yourself afford. I don't know about this person's particular mental health struggles, but it does not come off as an essay by a person who is in a good place right now. |
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I generally try very very very hard to resist armchair-diagnosing people, but it was also very hard for me not to get that impression as well. She seems hyper fixated on people's reactions to her, without examining -- or even telling us -- why people are uncomfortable working with her.
I had to look elsewhere to learn that she's espoused techno-fascist views in the past. She should have been honest about that up-front in her article, and, assuming she no longer holds those views, say so, and explain what happened to change her mind. If she does still hold those views, then... well, I can see why people continue to not want to be associated with her.