On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Feb 25, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Actually, if you think a bit more about this you might conclude that it's not in the middle at all. It's almost always pejorative, whether the implied age is young or old.
> and 'how old are you' (as a quick
> example off the top of my head, not necessarily the greyest I could come up
> with if I spent more time thinking about it) is somewhere in the middle..
Well one of the points I am about to make in my next podcast on BitCoin is that the reason BitCoiners with technical chops tend to have a median age of about 27 is that the older generation of crypto types have seen it all before in Gold Age, eGold, Liberty Reserve etc.
But in that case it is making a point to a group that is running round making the claim that their scheme is the future of finance because it is new. So pointing out that it is e-Gold with 'blockchain' for 'bearer' is rather relevant.
As Barry points out in his post, it all depends on context. The problem here was that the poster raised a reasonable point and the first response was rude and exclusionary and not backed up by any substance. In the right circumstances 'well we tried that and it failed in Kobe' might be a relevant argument. But 'who the hell are you to ask' is not a reasonable response to an initial suggestion made in a reasonable manner.
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