[jval]

The ancients used to select one of their own (sometimes even their own children) and periodically sacrifice them to the gods.

The moderns instead periodically select one person and have the entire world turn on them through Twitter, having them perish in the flames of hundreds of angry tweets.

Hopefully their sacrifice will atone for all of our sins before the eyes of the gods.

[ryguytilidie]

I really don't understand the need for this type of hyperbole. I always hear people accuse reddit of "getting out the pitchforks" and now it's that Hacker News is "having them perish in the flames of hundreds of angry tweets." And of course, by this, you mean that some people called a guy a dick for being a dick. No one is dying, no one is even facing minor injury. They are simply being called a dick for behaving like one. What are you hoping to accomplish with this completely over the top disconnection from reality?