Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

When a 20 year old calls people dumb fucks in a private conversation, it generally means that they are a normal 20 year old.

Saying that Zuckerberg is a sleazebag based on a snippet of a private conversation he had 15 years ago when he was a college student is a stretch.




I remember being 20 years old and no, I haven't been calling people "dumb fucks" in private conversations; to the contrary, I ran a small website on geocites in 1995 (if you don't know them, google it) and was super-happy when I had people commenting on it. Last thing my 20-year old would call them was "dumb fucks" for merely entertaining with my site.


Your behavior is too small a sample size to have any bearing on the behavior of 20 year olds on average.

It's entirely possible that you're a much better person than Mark Zuckerberg. That doesn't make him a bad person.

I also remember being 20 and I said much worse things than calling a bunch of people dumb fucks in private conversation.




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: