Tell HN: Thanks for All the Fish

didgetmaster · 2026-10-02T01:01:50.000Z 1790902910

>If we find ourselves with way more money than our share, then we say, "oops, how embarrassing",

And just who gets to decide when someone has more than their 'share'? Is it just money that people are not allowed to have too much of, or do you have the same feeling about other things like intelligence, friends, talents, looks, etc.?

general_reveal · 2026-10-02T15:30:40.000Z 1790955040

On HN and SV, there is no moral grounding that is rooted in GOD. The question you ask is roughly what I asked, which is, where is your foundation?

On money, Christ ultimately said sell everything. He also has thoughts on profiting and the poor in general.

But that’s the thing about this industry, it’s a group of godless men who give each other advice rooted in nothing but the “wisdom” of a group of men in a particular industry.

In other words, it’s failed men with no proper grounding. If you think this industry can teach you to be a proper human being, then …..

”Theon Greyjoy … you have truly already lost your way”

didgetmaster · 2026-10-02T16:18:08.000Z 1790957888

While I think there are many atheists on HN, I think there are many who have religious convictions, myself included.

The author says everyone who has too much money must feel ashamed and give it away. This is consistent with most of the 'tax the rich' crowd. Members of this crowd are almost always talking about other people and not themselves (e.g. Bernie Sanders).

I merely asked who gets to decide where the line is drawn between 'too much' and 'not too much'.

I also asked all those envious people who want to take money away from those who have it; if they also think some people are 'too intelligent', 'too talented', or 'too attractive'.

kazinator · 2026-10-02T18:52:44.000Z 1790967164

I had an idea along similar lines, around exactly the same integer. Like what if I hit 32767 and then started acting like a part-time ass so that the downvotes would keep it around that figure. :) That integer came and went though, and I didn't even notice. "Be sane" and all that ...

vunderba · 2026-10-01T15:43:27.000Z 1790869407

As a long-time HN user, sorry to see you go. It’s always hard to see people leave when they’re genuinely contributing and participating in the community.

skyberrys · 2026-10-01T16:17:18.000Z 1790871438

May you find yourself in a future situation saying "opps, how embarrassing". So long!

Sidenote: would it help you out if we all go and down vote your comments/posts so you get more headroom to max karma? I know probably not what you intended but it would let you stay around longer.

mikewarot · 2026-10-01T14:20:30.000Z 1790864430

I've never strongly agreed with the max karma thing, but I do know I stopped paying attention once I reached 10k, so I know it has subtle persistent nudging effects. I don't know what I would use as a handle if I tried to reset things, as my name seems to work well for remembering my ID. It's nice to have a fairly Internet Unique name... I've only found one other Mike Warot so far. (He works at the British Museum)

I'm retired, with long Covid, so personally, I'm going to be here until I age out, or get kicked out for banging on about data diodes one too many times.

Good luck with your future endeavors.

vunderba · 2026-10-01T15:37:19.000Z 1790869039

> I'm retired, with long Covid

Sorry to hear that~ a family friend was basically patient zero in the state of Georgia here in the U.S. and permanently lost their sense of smell as a result so I have at least an inkling of how serious the long-term effects of covid can be.

> I've never strongly agreed with the max karma thing, but I do know I stopped paying attention once I reached 10k

Agree. I actually made a Tampermonkey (well ViolentMonkey script) a while back that deliberately hides my karma rating from all pages/menus on HN because I don't want it to even subtly influence how I express myself here.