Comment by niam
2 years ago
There's got to be a word for these kinds of ridiculous arguments which use personal responsibility as a cudgel against a systematic fix.
I agree generally that interfaces have been dumbing down too far, but "private is actually not private and it's on you for not knowing that, idiot B)" is a weird place to be planting that flag.
There should probably also be a word for the belief that when a system doesn't work how you want it to, that is so obviously a systematic problem that needs fixing rather than, for example, evidence of differing goals or priorities that it is reasonable to describe anyone who thinks otherwise as ridiculous.
That means having an opinion