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anthk · 2021-03-25 02:33:46+00:00

They liked to cancel people based on lies and lack on evidence, so they will get what they supported.

Hope they like the concept of karma.

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Markoff | karma 1819 | avg karma 0.7 · | 2017-05-18 18:40:01+00:00

why did they approve it after finding they are already lying?

parfe | karma 5534 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2017-01-20 14:55:00+00:00

Does it matter? They're liars. Whatever justification they used for their lie is irrelevant.

edit: I thought I commented on this story topic before and found this from over two years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8523104

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superduty | karma -5 | avg karma -0.05 · | 2023-12-15 02:05:45

lol. They clearly chose dishonesty.

vidarh | karma 41717 | avg karma 2.6 · | 2020-02-25 17:52:57+00:00

I'm sure some of the support was by people who genuinely believed the lies they were told, but they were lies, and they were told intentionally.

xapata | karma 5059 | avg karma 1.56 · | 2020-08-13 18:24:21+00:00

That means they lied without purpose.

peyton | karma 2748 | avg karma 1.53 · | 2023-08-25 09:02:16

They lied.

willcipriano | karma 10565 | avg karma 2.61 · | 2023-10-01 17:41:44

They lied.

theorique | karma 3887 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2012-07-05 21:29:17+00:00

They lied.

mensetmanusman | karma 15660 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2021-02-23 15:01:29

We just want people to admit that the reason was a lie

phone8675309 | karma 1703 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2021-06-30 18:16:01+00:00

The rest of the post seemed to indicate they didn't deserve the benefit of the doubt there.

gsibble | karma 2912 | avg karma 3.05 · | 2023-03-30 20:17:08

It's not just that they passed or didn't give a reason, but they gave a clear lie as the reason.

otakucode | karma 3222 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2018-01-30 17:55:39+00:00

They refused to remove it after having the evidence of falsehood for a very long time... until they got the personal arguments of one of their 'old guard' members. In other words, they don't care about objective reality and care only about the emotional investment their friends have.

Zhyl | karma 2965 | avg karma 5.58 · | 2024-01-11 08:06:55

Yes, because they believed in the infallibility of the software in the first instance.

It was only subsequently that that believe changed to outright lying to cover their own backs.

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tomiko_nakamura | karma 45 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2015-01-12 19:44:35+00:00

Well, they thought so too. And it turned not to be true. And now they're blaming the others.

anthmcc | karma 5 | avg karma 0.36 · | 2017-12-08 17:43:05+00:00

This just says they had to fight with some PM who dropped that nonsense on them.

That PM was extremely wrong.

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billpg | karma 5306 | avg karma 3.92 · | 2021-06-24 13:19:57+00:00

Not them, but the people who lied to them.

me_me_me | karma 3240 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2021-10-07 09:12:16

You got what you asked for. They will get no sympathy from me.

Sure they were lied and tricked but they are adults. If they spent a second thinking about potential fallout then maybe they would make a smarter decision.

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diffeomorphism | karma 3446 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2022-07-22 00:27:41

Intentionally claim untruth (for personal benefit) == lie

So, yes they very much did.

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bendbro | karma 286 | avg karma 0.58 · | 2021-10-02 14:11:38

They hated jjcon because he told the truth.