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> While you bring up an interesting question, it's important to note that people died in that building. Perhaps some compassion is in order.

I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days.

Yes, I am sorry this happened to some people. But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question.

Thanks for the answer, but please skip the condescension next time.

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I’m with you.

Imagine everyone at Amazon directly involved in the operational disaster recovering effort having to preface everything they say and write with “thoughts and prays” before getting on with fixing issues.

We’re well aware people have died, and many more will have their lives impacted.

I’m an infrastructure and steel construction guy, I’m here to get shit done. If you need consoling you’ll find me quite abrasive as you’re probably in my way.

Friends, family, mental healthcare professionals, and religious practitioners are probably better at that than I.

> I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy.

To show you care about the humans that died. It's not performative. It's called being part of a society. Society prefers members who show compassion to others, and it's an important part of being a social creature.

For all you know, he could have just donated to the victims' gofundme after running a candlelit vigil, but here you are.

Feel free to express how upset you are, but please don't demand that we somehow express our feelings in a way that you deem sufficient.

This is a great example of why I'm really starting to hate the internet. You can't express any opinion these days without a few paragraphs with your life story explaining why you're allowed to have such an opinion. (For example having to be Jewish to say anything critical about Israel)

Similarly, since 2016, the obligatory "I hate Trump but" [discussion of why a Trump proposal/initiative may not be a horrible idea]

I voted for Biden but [semi conservative opinion].

This is a ludicrous expectation from a casual online discussion. voidfunc has no obligation to signal their compassion or lack of compassion, nor is society any worse off for the lack of that information in this context.

Next time I'll skip posting a tragedy. :P

> I don't know why I need to provide a token "thoughts and prayers" just because my question is related to some tragedy. Everything has become so absolutely performative these days.

You could instead not post.

> But I guess I'm an asshole because I didn't write some meaningless consolatory words in a comment on a tech forum before having the audacity to ask a legitimate logistics question.

Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it.

> You could instead not post.

As far as I can tell my question is in line with the guidelines of the site and the submission itself doesn't provide any clarity about what the discourse of this thread is supposed to be about. It is quite open-ended.

> Timing is everything. There is a time to discuss those sort of things; this is not it.

Since you seem to know what time that will be, when is it?

Tomorrow at 2pm, of course!

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