I was too much of an asshole; here it is in comment form.
I’m taking a 24 hour break, thom. I was over worked up, and I let it spill into this comment thread, overreacting to what people said.
I’ve probably acted like a jerk. not completely devoid of purpose, but a jerk nonetheless. I’d like to apologize for all of that. I had no call to be so rude to all of you.
Thank you for your apology. While you weren’t rude to me, since I didn’t get in on any of this, I had been pretty heavily downvoting you for your hostility. I was planning on looking through the thread in more detail to make sure I hadn’t missed anything I thought should be downvoted, but I’m going to refrain from doing that now, and I’ve removed some downvotes I had made.
Nonetheless, I do not believe that this is the place for me. I support and admire your mission of raising the Rationality Waterline, but I am a man who belongs in the trenches. Best I can do is use your Dark Side teachings, and send the occasional padwan in your direction to learn the Vicious Arts.
Grant me your prayers as I fight against the insufferable Good within the world.
Sorry to see you go, even despite this thread. You were obviously making an attempt, as evidenced by your apology, and I’m sad to see anyone leave when I think there’s a possibility that they can fit in with the community.
For what it’s worth, I hope your real plan is to make a new account that will not be associated with this post, although I doubt anyone actually remembers your username well enough to automatically associate it with this incident.
I was still all ornery from the last time here; I let that get into my blood, and overreacted. I’ve only recently attained any internet prominence, and this was my first time experiencing hate. Despite all the mental preparations… I reacted poorly.
I prefer to own my failures, however; I fucked up three weeks ago. Anyone can see that.
As I said to another commenter—I suspect that I am better as a beacon for rationality, pointing new pilgrims to his place, than I am a member of the community.
I guess I am less attached to person-continuity than most. I generally regard two or three months forward and backward in time as the limit to calling the program run by this computational architecture “me,” shorter in the vicinity of major insights. Outside this timeframe I see it perfectly acceptable to blame “past me” and have obligations towards “future me.”
I was too much of an asshole; here it is in comment form.
I’m taking a 24 hour break, thom. I was over worked up, and I let it spill into this comment thread, overreacting to what people said.
I’ve probably acted like a jerk. not completely devoid of purpose, but a jerk nonetheless. I’d like to apologize for all of that. I had no call to be so rude to all of you.
Gah. I suppose I should repost this to the top.
Thank you for your apology. While you weren’t rude to me, since I didn’t get in on any of this, I had been pretty heavily downvoting you for your hostility. I was planning on looking through the thread in more detail to make sure I hadn’t missed anything I thought should be downvoted, but I’m going to refrain from doing that now, and I’ve removed some downvotes I had made.
That is decent of you, sir.
Nonetheless, I do not believe that this is the place for me. I support and admire your mission of raising the Rationality Waterline, but I am a man who belongs in the trenches. Best I can do is use your Dark Side teachings, and send the occasional padwan in your direction to learn the Vicious Arts.
Grant me your prayers as I fight against the insufferable Good within the world.
Sorry to see you go, even despite this thread. You were obviously making an attempt, as evidenced by your apology, and I’m sad to see anyone leave when I think there’s a possibility that they can fit in with the community.
For what it’s worth, I hope your real plan is to make a new account that will not be associated with this post, although I doubt anyone actually remembers your username well enough to automatically associate it with this incident.
I have a habit of retracting my comments once I no longer agree with my past self. You might find that a worthwhile endeavour.
Oh, believe me, I shit the bed on this.
I was still all ornery from the last time here; I let that get into my blood, and overreacted. I’ve only recently attained any internet prominence, and this was my first time experiencing hate. Despite all the mental preparations… I reacted poorly.
I prefer to own my failures, however; I fucked up three weeks ago. Anyone can see that.
As I said to another commenter—I suspect that I am better as a beacon for rationality, pointing new pilgrims to his place, than I am a member of the community.
I guess I am less attached to person-continuity than most. I generally regard two or three months forward and backward in time as the limit to calling the program run by this computational architecture “me,” shorter in the vicinity of major insights. Outside this timeframe I see it perfectly acceptable to blame “past me” and have obligations towards “future me.”