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You asked a dozen questions of me, and then the moment I ask a single question to you, you dodge it completely.

C'mon dude. Stop. You should understand how extremely bad faith that is.

Unfortunately, if you are unwilling, or unable, to state a single reason yourself, as for the issues with someone who spent a decade in isolation, might be at least a little bit suspect regarding their opinions of social interaction, then I cannot help you, and nothing that I say is going to be able to adequately explain anything to you, because you are likely acting in bad faith.

Here is some advice for you. The next time you are trying to interact with someone about a topic, you should not act in such bad faith with others, as it is difficult to have a conversation with a person such as yourself.




> You asked a dozen questions of me, and then the moment I ask a single question to you, you dodge it completely.

The single question to me being you asking if I can guess why you think the person is insane?

My answer would be that you there is a narrow range of behavior you feel safe with, and that you find anything unusual to be threatening and so you label it as insane as a way to distance yourself from it.

However this is just a generic guess that I would make about anyone who used the word insane without qualification.

It’s not personal to you.

That’s why I’m asking you the question - I’d be surprised if a generic guess is correct.


> My answer would be that you there is a narrow range of behavior you feel safe with, and that you find anything unusual to be threatening

Alright, well you didn't give a good answer.

Unfortunately, if you cannot figure out as for why someone who spent a decade in social isolation, might perhaps not be the best person to talk about normal social interactions (given that isolation is literally directly related to the question of social interactions and experience), then I can't help you.

> if I can guess why you think the person is insane

You can read my previous post/question. Do you understand how you have dishonestly just rephrased my question, in a way that I did not ask?


There’s nothing dishonest about my phrasing.

I asked you why you thought the person was insane.

You asked me if I could figure it out some reasons.

The only person who thinks the person is insane is you, so we are talking about your reasons.


Do you understand how it is hard to take anything you say in good faith, when you were not able to figure out that a person who spent 10 years in social isolation, may not have a normal social experience, and therefore might not be the best person to get opinions about social topics, if we are looking for the opinion from a person who has a normal social experience?


That’s not something I’m trying to figure out.

I’m just asking why you think they are insane.

Why not answer?


> That’s not something I’m trying to figure out.

Do you agree that this is the case though?

That someone who has spent a decade in isolation, is probably not the best person to get an opinion on, regarding normal social interations, of normal people?


Why not say why you think they are insane?

Also - how do you define ‘normal’? What does it mean to you?

What do you think a normal social interaction is?


So, you agree then, that a person who spent a decade in isolation is probably not the best person to get opinions on regarding social interactions regarding the average person?

Use your own definitions, for these words, if you are confused about the definitions of words.

This premise is directly related to my answer here. So there is no possible way that I will be able to describe anything to you, regarding this topic, if you are unable to agree to this other statement.


> So, you agree then, that a person who spent a decade in isolation is probably not the best person to get opinions on regarding social interactions regarding the average person?

Nothing I’ve said indicates agreement with you. It’s odd that you keep saying ‘so you agree’.

> Use your own definitions, for these words…

How will using my own definitions tell me what you mean?

> So there is no possible way that I will be able to describe anything to you, regarding this topic, if you are unable to agree to this other statement.

No, people can understand one another without needing to agree.

I can agree that you think this and that it is part of your argument, but that has nothing to do with me deciding it is true.

The reason you aren’t being understood is that you are are not explaining what your terms mean and why you are using them.

It has nothing to do with whether I agree with you or not.


> Nothing I’ve said indicates agreement with you.

Sure you have. You have dodged the question. Because you are so intent on dodging this question, I can only assume that it means that you don't have any disagreement with it.

When interacting online with people, I have learned that when someone asks a million questions, and yet will refuse to answer a single question themselves, it is almost always because they have no actual disagreement with that question/statement, and they know it, but they just don't want to admit it.

> How will using my own definitions

It will allow me to understand what your actual misunderstanding is. That's how.

There is no way for me to possibly explain anything to you in this situation, unless I know the actual source of your misunderstanding, and you need to answer that question for me to understand that.

The reason why I know this to be the case, is because in all my interactions with anyone ,in any circumstance, I have never encountered someone who is so incapable of understanding things as you are, therefore, my only option now is to figure out what you mean, to understand your misunderstanding. And to do that, I need your answer to that question.

If you continue to dodge that question, then I really have to go with the most likely explanation, which is that you don't have any disagreement with it, but just don't want to admit it.

You have asked dozens of questions here, and yet you refuse to actually answer this simple one yourself, which is absolutely necessary for me to be able to explain anything to you.




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