Oh come on. I just did a search. Considering the amount of times you've been around such threads on HN alone, is this really the first time you've seen the "solar-system wide resource" rationale?
I don't actually recall taking part in a Mars colonization discussion on HN before. I frequent SpaceX threads, but that encompasses many topics besides Mars.
Between that and you calling me "Mike" even though I have no idea who you are, I have to wonder if you think I'm somebody else.
In any case, it's the first time I've seen that rationale. Believe it or not, I don't really care, but it's true.
As for "victimhood", I think you've mistakenly identified "calling out a jerk for being a jerk", which is a different thing.
>Between that and you calling me "Mike" even though I have no idea who you are, I have to wonder if you think I'm somebody else.
I'm not the person you are responding to, but why would you be surprised that someone is referring to you as 'Mike'? Your username is, after all, mikeash, and just this week your post on arm64 was on HN and you were participating in that discussion.
It implies familiarity to call someone by their first name. Combine that with certainty that I'm active in discussions I don't remember taking part in, and I start thinking of mistaken identity.
You can browse a hundred HN comment threads without seeing anyone call anyone else by their first name. In the rare event that it happens, you'd be hard pressed to find an example where the people didn't already know each other.
I actually found your idea of better access to space intriguing. I'd love to discuss it. But not with someone like you.