Oh fuck right off, will you? Why do you even care enough to comment? If you don't like it, simply don't upvote the story, don't click on it, don't comment on it.
The system will self correct, in a matter of hours. It's only a single item in 30, it's not that big of a deal.
Just realise that while you might not be, others can be affected by news like this. Not to play the "us hackers" card, but I do feel a lot closer to some people on this board (as in, I share their thoughts, sometimes) than other forms of media.
I loved Cohen. I, and it would appear, many other commenters, have spent many a night listening to his craft, in one way or another, performed by one artist or another, and it has helped us introspect, contemplate, decide, commit, fight and flee.
Cohen, among other greats, alive or dead, through the quality of their wordsmithing, have enabled more humans to connect with their surroundings, and understand the world around them than most education systems have prepared them for. Or maybe those humans were just helped in finding the strength to keep on going blindly.
In other words, just shut the hell up, and allow your fellow humans (and other species) a moment to pay their respects. Guess I had some karma to burn.
> Oh fuck right off, will you [...] just shut the hell up
We ban accounts that comment like this, so please don't do it again.
The other user was wrong both to be snarky and to say the story didn't belong here, but what you did is considerably worse. If you're going to reply to a provocative comment here, you need to increase the civility level, not crater it.
> Just realise that while you might not be, others can be affected by news like this. Not to play the "us hackers" card, but I do feel a lot closer to some people on this board (as in, I share their thoughts, sometimes) than other forms of media.
I came to work today and chatted with a co-worker about Cohen. We both like music, so it was a natural topic. I read through the comments to this story, and found 3 threads the mirrored the conversation I had with my work buddy. Not ones that were similar, but threads that actually developed along the same lines and points in the same order we discussed.
Please stop posting uncivil and unsubstantive comments to Hacker News. We ban accounts that comment like you've done in this thread.
HN has never been just for tech material, and there's a reason the site guidelines make that clear in the first paragraph. The story is entirely on topic. Please familiarize yourself with how HN actually works before making claims in its name.
The system will self correct, in a matter of hours. It's only a single item in 30, it's not that big of a deal.
Just realise that while you might not be, others can be affected by news like this. Not to play the "us hackers" card, but I do feel a lot closer to some people on this board (as in, I share their thoughts, sometimes) than other forms of media.
I loved Cohen. I, and it would appear, many other commenters, have spent many a night listening to his craft, in one way or another, performed by one artist or another, and it has helped us introspect, contemplate, decide, commit, fight and flee.
Cohen, among other greats, alive or dead, through the quality of their wordsmithing, have enabled more humans to connect with their surroundings, and understand the world around them than most education systems have prepared them for. Or maybe those humans were just helped in finding the strength to keep on going blindly.
In other words, just shut the hell up, and allow your fellow humans (and other species) a moment to pay their respects. Guess I had some karma to burn.
Edit: clarified a paragraph.