>On Hacker News there's always those little memes... XKCD 927 (Jesus I wish it would die), Betteridge law of headlines, Gell-Mann Amnesia. It's the same things over and over.
I've had existential crosses about this and wondered if I had an original thought. Even having an existential crisis seems trite.
I'm not sure the alternative of everybody having unique ideas would be preferable though because most of them would almost by necessity suck.
Funny, that's another pet peeve with Hacker News. Posts that are phrased as if there's only two ways things could go and they're black or white, and completely unrealistic to anyone spending more than two seconds thinking about it.
The alternative is the one I presented (watching an actual variety of stuff), not some unrealistic crap.
You're the one who said black and white hyperbole like "there's no opinion anymore" and then took serious issue with a literal interpretation of my post. I'm just pointing out there's a cost to originality and you're talking my post to mean more than it does.
Also let me flesh out my "alternative", which is starts with suggesting that perhaps people aren't being too unoriginal and that them changing their behaviour would be for the worse. Maybe the true alternative is changing your own behaviour so you're exposed to people culturally different than yourself just like the person who you first responded to.
I've had existential crosses about this and wondered if I had an original thought. Even having an existential crisis seems trite.
I'm not sure the alternative of everybody having unique ideas would be preferable though because most of them would almost by necessity suck.