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Comment by BatFastard | Hacker News Reader

No, nice guys come in 15th. Cause they are being tripped, sued, and cheated by the sociopaths. And there seems to be an endless number of those.

As a nice guy developer for many years, who has build some amazing products, I have learned that no good dead goes unpunished. Irregardless I will continue to be a nice guy because that is how I believe the world 'should' work. One last cheer for Bernie!

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Moloch whose love is endless oil and stone! Moloch whose blood is running money!

Out of curiosity, why do you call yourself a nice guy developer? What and who are the bad guy developers?

Surely it's possible to be a nice guy while screwing over the cheaters.

Cheaters are people.

Wow, that got a downvote?

I meant it as answer to the question: No, it's not possible to screw over people while being a nice guy. Ipso facto.

I did not downvote you, but I question why you suppose righting a wrong makes you no longer 'nice'.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Not always. But sometimes, yes.

Never, in any of the multiverses is it true.

Maybe not committing a wrong in order to fix a wrong, but it's not always morally wrong to screw over a cheater.

Alternatively: you can screw over the cheaters all you want. But, don't call yourself a nice guy. :)

I believe this is one of the reasons it's common for people to self-describe themselves as assholes.

Being nice and punishing someone else are not mutually exclusive.

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