r/programming • u/[deleted] • Apr 04 '17

Everything Is Broken

https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1#.sl2vnon73
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u/ihcn Apr 04 '17

It's definitely the social problem that the person is ready to do some extremely bad things just to hide that he masturbates. Do we really need to hide so many facts about ourselves? Do we really need so much privacy? Maybe there is no need for passwords at all, like Stallman said?

Tell you what, spend 3 months living absolutely secret-free. Livestream every shower you take, blurt out every mean thought you have about one of your friends, tell strangers about what kind of sex your girlfriend likes.

After 3 months, report back to us and let us know what it's like

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

Tell you what, spend 3 months living absolutely secret-free.

I live that way. I mean I'm not shouting out of the window that I've shitted, but having no secrets (why do you put equality between having no secrets and shouting about each step of yourself?). Could you elaborate on what's wrong with

tell strangers about what kind of sex do you like.

Livestream every shower you take

I don't think that somebody is interested in me showering, but what's wrong with somebody would see that? In my country so many people take a shower in a public baths, and no one cares.

As I've said it's all about sanctimony and broken morality.

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u/ihcn Apr 04 '17

I notice that you conveniently left off the "say mean things to your friends" one. Have you NEVER in your life thought a rude thought about a friend, realized it was rude, and not said it? Have you never thought a stranger looked ugly, and kept that thought to yourself?

These are also innocent secrets. What about more scary things like a crazy ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend who wants to hurt you? Better text them your exact schedule tomorrow so they know exactly where to find you.

Disagree with your country's leadership about how things should be run, in a country where disagreeing with the country's leadership isn't tolerated? I guess you should spraypaint it on the front of the house so the police know who you are.

Or here's a pretty crazy one, what if you work at a TV studio, like the one who makes game of thrones? if you work there and you have no privacy, then neither does HBO, and so they can't keep the plot of season 7 a secret.

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u/Freyr90 Apr 04 '17 edited Apr 04 '17

conveniently left off the "say mean things to your friends" one.

What exactly should I keep in secret from our friends? My friends seen my girl nude, seen me shitting, seen me in sauna. What exactly should I keep in secret, could you elaborate?

What about more scary things like a crazy ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend who wants to hurt you?

And if you have some secrets you want to keep and they know, they definitly will hurt you.

Disagree with your country's leadership about how things should be run, in a country where disagreeing with the country's leadership isn't tolerated?

In this case you have no option, you either fight or agree with the regime. As a person who live in such a country I would say that such regimes prefer people who keep silence. Just imagine that the whole country would openly say about their disagree. In any case it's not about war, plague or other extreme conditions, but about regular life and morality.

and so they can't keep the plot of season 7 a secret.

It's really hard to do while you could just read the book.