> people who become hostile when you try to talk about something interesting
We’re becoming annoyed not because people are trying to talk about something interesting, but because they are being intentionally insulting and condescending and then using bad faith arguments like this one when they’re called out on it.
Which of these quotes represent the commenter “trying to talk about something interesting”?
> flaunting your ignorance and your anti-intellectualism
> The point is that anyone who's distracted by the arcanity of Web Assembly Text Format obviously doesn't understand the first thing about WASM
> You do know this is 2024, you have Internet access, and you can just look shit up
> In case you've been living under a rock and didn't realize it
> but you're whining, lashing out, and attacking people who are trying to explain it, and trying to police and derail discussions between other people who are more knowledgeable and interested in it, which makes you a rude anti-intellectual asshole… Why don't you just go away and let other people have their interesting discussions without you, instead of bitterly complaining about things you purposefully know nothing about and refuse to learn? How does it hurt your delicate feelings to just shut up and not bitch and whine about discussions you're not interested in?
> And that proves my point that you're flaunting your ignorance and your anti-intellectualism. But you be you. There's no point in trying to make other people stop talking about Lisp by complaining about how proudly ignorant you are, and how you want to remain that way, so you don't want anyone else to talk about it. This really isn't the place for that, since you always have the option of not reading, shutting up, and not replying and interrupting and derailing the discussion, so other more knowledgeable and curious people can have interesting discussions without you purposefully harassing them like a childish troll.
> Look, it's pretty clear I stepped on some insecurity.
I listed those quotes to rebut your assertions that we’re being hostile towards a group of people who are merely trying to talk about something interesting, not to imply attribution of all of the quotes to you. I chose the general phrase “the commenter” because it would not have been correct to say “you”, as I was aware you were not the source of many of them.
I can see where you're coming from, but my intent was to talk about the very first interaction that started all of this nonsense:
- I said WebAssembly can already manipulate the DOM with functions.
- He asked for an ergonomic example because StackOverflow told him it can't be done. The "we can have DOM access at home" bit seems like the start of things to come.
- I provided a concise example, and expressed skepticism that this would settle the discussion.
- He responded with sarcasm, and weirdly accused me of sarcasm.
- I reacted poorly to his bitchy and ungrateful reply.
My best guess is that the WAT format confused him. He didn't know it was a programming language, and he didn't know you could do it with other programming languages, so he got insecure and lashed out.
Do you have a better explanation for the weird transition from technical discussion to flame war and hurt feelings?
