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kleinbl00  ·  1571 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski feature update kudos

This comment bugs me. It bugged me, then I went for a run, and it's still bugging me. I think it's because equating a work of pop sociology by a professor with a Bruce Willis film indicates that you're not taking the discussion seriously.

Congo will never be a documentary just because CRISPR exists.

I got this last year:

    Hey Kleinbl00,

    It's taken me a while to get back here to write this up, but here goes.

    A few years back in 2014 under another screen name, I remember arguing with you for several days about an attempted suicide. I was in a pretty bad place. To be honest, I dont really remember what was said, and I doubt you remember me at all, but I remember I almost pushed myself into a second attempt after a conversation with you. I had massive substance abuse problems at the time which I'm fairly sure you pointed out.

    However, I was so pissed at you I ended up taking it in the other direction. After a little while I was able to get clean and stop using the illegal drugs I was using all of the time and developed a healthy relationship with alcohol which I have basically just on special occasions at this point. Everything is going pretty well. I'm starting a PhD! in the fall.

    This probably doesn't mean much to you, but I wanted you to know I'm still here. I'm doing well.

There were maybe six accounts on Reddit that decided to let me know my cruel moderation of their /r/favors posts were the proximate cause of their impending suicide. And then they deleted their accounts. Did they off themselves? I doubt it. But you never truly know.

This stuff really matters, particularly to people who didn't get a chance to develop an identity before the Internet.