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    1. Halle Tecco MBA, MPH‏Verified account @halletecco 25 Oct 2020

      Halle Tecco MBA, MPH Retweeted Paul Graham

      Eeeeeek this analogy makes me cringe 😣https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1320309428323835905 …

      Halle Tecco MBA, MPH added,

      Paul GrahamVerified account @paulg
      Startups are subject to something like infant mortality: before they're established, one thing going wrong can kill the company. Hardware companies seem to be subject to infant mortality their whole lives.
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      8 replies 5 retweets 132 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Oct 2020
      Replying to @halletecco

      If you're genuinely worried that it will upset people, why would you retweet it and thus cause more people to see it?

      5:29 AM - 25 Oct 2020
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        1. Andrew Old‏ @oldandrewuk 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @halletecco

          Wait, are you saying it's possible to be offended by something and not show it to as many people as possible so they are offended too?

          0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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        2. Dimitris Ts.‏ @habitnumber2 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @halletecco

          Political correctness has brainwashed people fr

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Titus von der Malsburg  🤔‏ @tmalsburg 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @habitnumber2 @paulg @halletecco

          How was this about political correctness? The analogy just wasn’t terribly tasteful.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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        2. Just some guy‏ @iamwhoisme 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @halletecco

          Both perspectives on this are correct to varying degrees.

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        3. Just some guy‏ @iamwhoisme 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @iamwhoisme @paulg @halletecco

          1) The metaphor used isn't substantially different from Faulkner telling writers to "drown their babies" 2) "Infant mortality" is somewhat more descriptive and therefore somewhat more prickly 3)Retweets do share bad messages to more people 4) There's no way to object w/o sharing

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        2. Jim Samuel‏ @jwsamuel 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @paulg @halletecco

          Makes sense. Post something offensive, then attack anyone who points it out. Bottom line: Your post was tasteless. C'ya.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3.  🌹 code_witch_sam  🌹‏ @glompix 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @jwsamuel @paulg @halletecco

          it’s hallmark behavior for these freaks who think cancel culture is something new and something horrifying nah we are just reacting to your bad takes. the dude posts so many truisms and bad takes it’s like his brand now rip the paul graham of “hackers and painters”

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        2. the artist formerly known as, well, whatever‏ @BrianMickelson 25 Oct 2020
          Replying to @craftyc0der @paulg @halletecco

          No.

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        2. Claire Díaz-Ortiz‏Verified account @Claire 25 Oct 2020

          as a mother with two twins in the neonatal intensive unit for 2 months in the past, i thought it was 100% off-putting.

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