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by MichaelZuo 4 days ago
If random opining is worth any more than zero on HN… then can’t anyone else, also opine that they have more “soul” than ”mrbukkake”?
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This is a textbook example of a logical fallacy called "poisoning the well", implying that because a user has a crass username that their opinions do not deserve to be treated with the same value as someone who posts under their feasibly real world name.

To be rational, you should take opinions as written, not considering the writer, and debate them on their merits alone.

Not that their opinion was rational, as we have not conclusively proved the existence of the soul. That being said, the negative emphasis of your reply probably deserved a rude comeback.

Gruff, annoyed responses to people enjoying a mutated racoon is not acceptable behavior. It's weird.

In my opinion, taking offense at whimsy is weak sauce and deserves to be replied to as such.

I realize you can say that my opinion doesn't matter since my username is bizarroland, and I do come from a strange place, but that's still my opinion and I'll stand by it.

What? Is this AI written?

The point of the reply clearly wasn’t about pointing out a weird username.

But about the possibility of random opining having zero or non zero value.

If you're mistaking my writing for AI then you need to calibrate your AI detection algorithm. 100% human response, and at the same time yet another attempt on your behalf to poison the well. Strange. It's almost like you don't want to engage with people as equals.
Are you confused?

Everyone can literally read what you wrote… and it bizarrely focuses on a nonsensical point.

It’s not like the comment is hidden.

Plus trying to accuse someone else of what you are doing is easily seen through, so if your not using AI, then it just flat out seems like weird trolling.

I think what you're not getting is being a disagreeable jerk on the internet is bad.

You think me carefully explaining exactly why your post was downvoted is a "nonsensical point". Well, I wasn't explaining it to you. I was saying it in your general direction so that the other passers by can learn from your folly.

Anyone on HN can also opine that user “BizarroLand” is such and such?

On who is in fact the jerk falsely accusing someone else, and so on.

If you genuinely can’t grasp the fact that other HN users can say things about you with equal or greater credibility… then I would feel sorry for you.

But it still seems more likely to be weirdly disjointed trolling.

I’m not going to stop you from burning your account and getting banned, that’s your choice.