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i dont know, this comes across as a bit self-important. when i cook or eat bad food, i am not embarrassed on behalf of the chef industry.

we all can only do so much. do the best you can and be proud of that. there's no need to take on the embarrassment or shame of a whole industry.

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A more apt analogy would be a world where virtually all restaurants serve food that tastes horrible and makes you sick, while grocery stores have essentially disappeared thus making home cooking impractical.

i am not sure why that analogy is more apt, but in any case, it doesn't change the point i was making.

it is not good to feel embarrassment about things you cannot control, provide no input to, and do not benefit from.

  > do the best you can and be proud of that

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.ht...

i have no idea how that link relates to what i said or the part you quoted

i didn't make, consult, or otherwise have any input on that site. i do not use the site. i do not make money from the site. so i am not going to be embarrassed about it.

i think what they are doing is awful. but again, embarrassment implies some form of guilt, shame, mistake, or self-consciousness.

There's also no need to defend the industry, as you seem to be doing...

0% of my comment is defending the industry.

i dont like a lot of stuff going on in tech. but it is not healthy to feel personally embarrassed about stuff i had literally no input and no control over, and receive no benefit from.

I don't know I feel it is healthy to just scream out loud and be embarrassed about whole tech industry. Specially when obscene loud mouth cheerleaders of industry leave no chance to tell everyone how special they are , how much more profit sharing, salaries, perks they deserve because of their splendid work and how world would be worse if they don't keep creating endless apps, frameworks, micro services, messaging, streaming and what not.

i am angry at parts of the industry, and agree it can be healthy to express that frustration (in appropriate ways).

but i think taking on personal embarrassment for things you had zero involvement and get zero benefit from is not good.

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