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mildtrepidation | 12 years ago

Downvotes for an attempt at constructive suggestions. Fly that proud introvert flag, HN!

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pnathan|12 years ago

OK, I downvoted you because you played therapist online, making no attempt to understand the person and telling them they had a problem.

That's really not OK in so many situations.

mildtrepidation|12 years ago

I did no such thing. I responded to someone's statement that he's a recluse with the suggestion that perhaps that's not a natural state. Somehow this is offensive?

Then I went on to make what I considered a positive and constructive suggestion, that assuming I did not understand the person, he might look in places other than zero-population areas for suitable but more convenient habitation.

I'm sorry you see that as "not OK." I see it as ridiculous that this sort of well-meaning input should somehow be so awful as to be unmentionable. But I seem to be pretty much alone there.