mindrag

Pesky problem, civil liberties that apply to all people regardless of the whims of the government or the majority of its citizens. Free speech is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Turn on any American news outlet, check the front page of any American newspaper, and you'll see tons of coverage of Gaza. It's all over the place. Wall to wall.

If you aren't seeing it then you either aren't really paying attention, or you don't consume American media and have no idea what you're talking about on this topic.

Well, it's going to be overshadowed by this plane crash for a bit.

The TWA 800 plane crash referred to by the OC happened in 1996 (not in the 1960s). So a lot of Americans have memories of that event as well as the aftermath (which dragged on for years).

> twist them into a discussion about your own local issues/problems/incidents

Again, not really sure why this offends you so much. There may not be a lot of value in pointing out this particular coincidence, but it's certainly not intended to pull attention from the tragedy that just occurred. It's just...conversation. Isn't that why we're here on HN?

You're an ass. Nobody is trying to "Americanify" the event. They are simply remembering another event that is linked to the current one by coincidence. The anti-American knee-jerk reaction is 10x worse than any "Americanification".

What makes your theory "overwhelmingly likely"?

> It is barely news when a couple hundred civilians die on the ground in a war zone

Have you been watching the news recently? Wall-to-wall coverage of Gaza.

Nahh

I think you totally missed the point. We don't want Netflix to go away. (Actually, Netflix is one of the most important technology companies in existence at the moment). We want better behavior.

This issue has implications far beyond reddit.

There's an elegant way to add some sort of progress indicator to infinite scroll. I just haven't figured it out yet :)

Hmm. I think it's far from the only place. You might want to check a dictionary.

No, I believe he is saying that he had a downswing in his poker career during that time, i.e., losing a lot of games.

Because that will be forgotten in a matter of weeks as more titles begin to roll out for both platforms.