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by jmacdotorg 4433 days ago
"The world contains things that are objectively worse than the thing that has hurt you, therefore suck it up you crybaby" is neither a particularly valid argument (as it can be applied to nearly everything unfortunate that can happen to a resident of the first world), and honestly won't win you a lot of support either.
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4ad 4433 days ago
Win me support? My post is why she doesn't win my support. I don't need anyone's support. That's the point really. I don't care if you hate me, and honestly I don't care if you like me either. I don't want your support. The author is exercising her right to post stuff on the Internet. The author is looking for sympathy (I guess? Why would she write it otherwise). She doesn't deserve mine. Surely it's my right.
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comrh 4433 days ago
> The author is looking for sympathy (I guess? Why would she write it otherwise).

You must really not be as smart as you think you are if you can't honestly figure out other reasons for people to share their negative experiences. Hint: spreading awareness, letting people know they're not alone, generating conversation, highlighting things that need to change, ect, ect.

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4ad 4433 days ago
Sorry, but you are wrong, the author wants the thread off hacker news, so she doesn't want to spread awareness. Read her other tweets and you'll see that she doesn't want any kind of negative criticism, she is interested only in positive comments. If you are only interested in reassuring comments, that's called sympathy.
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comrh 4433 days ago
> author wants the thread off hacker news, so she doesn't want to spread awareness.

She posted it on the internet so obviously she does. I don't speak for her but maybe she wants it off of hackernews to avoid the misogynistic trolls that always seem to dwell at the bottom of these threads (that's you btw).

Your argument is basically "toughen up" which is complete bullshit. See: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Suck_it_up_and_deal

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4ad 4433 days ago
Hahaha, I should have known this is about feminism.
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comrh 4433 days ago
I'm sure everything is "about feminism" to you. It must be so oppressive.
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