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.