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Because it is common for people in bubbles to forget, that's the entire point. It should be easy for you to ignore if you've seen it as often as you state.

It sounds like you prefer a conversation to be more tailored to your experience, that is normal. In places like HN, a large portion of people live in their bubble and don't see out of it. Bringing up a more common experience is necessary to put a topic in complete context in some cases or at a minimum expands the field of view, it's not meant to make you feel guilt.

A part of being human is to point out abnormality, and many times it's done without even a thought. I'm not sure why you're having a melt down, just ignore it if it bothers you. Telling people to stop mentioning their experience isn't going to be constructive and people who WANT to guilt trip you can just fuck right off so don't let it get to you.



the fact that you are posting on HN and able to form complete sentences is a privilege. just this morning i walked past a homeless guy that was clearly out of his mind and on drugs. won't you think of him when you enter your bubble of keyboard-ability?

i demand that you acknowledge his state of precariousness in a sacrificial caveat before you speak one more word of your laptop-able existence.

afterwards i demand you meditate for 5 minutes and say your affirmations of gratitude out loud three times.


I was gonna say that no one was bleeding heart baiting as hard as you're alluding but the imagery of demanding affirmations of gratitude was too funny, to the point I no longer care.




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