I use the word "folks" a lot because it's a gender-neutral informal plural. Historically it would have been "come on guys", but that's not how we talk anymore. There's no attempt to pretend that as software engineer in California that I'm somehow from the Midwest (though my family is in fact from Iowa).
And the modern money system is extremely complicated, and doing a 5 megabyte TED talk on why fiat currency is actually a really good system as long as it's run by well-intentioned people seems out of scope for an HN comment.
I'll politely ask you to rephrase your objections in a substantive way? If I'm peddling "vile trash" I'd like to fix that, but your comment isn't particularly actionable on that.
benreesman|2 years ago
And the modern money system is extremely complicated, and doing a 5 megabyte TED talk on why fiat currency is actually a really good system as long as it's run by well-intentioned people seems out of scope for an HN comment.
I'll politely ask you to rephrase your objections in a substantive way? If I'm peddling "vile trash" I'd like to fix that, but your comment isn't particularly actionable on that.