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That's true for all ideas.

A lot of people, especially smart people, like going "everyone says X, I'm going to try to appear smart by arguing not-X".

And that's how you end up with people in the west going "Russia is the victim of the war in Ukraine! Nato encroachment!", or "they haven't tested the vaccines!"

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I’d argue that’s being contrarian - taking an opposing stance just for attention seeking.

This is more like “the trough of disillusionment” on the hype cycle. You’ve suffered so much at the hands of microservices, you want to convince everyone else not to use them. Lots of others have suffered similarly, so thanks to confirmation bias, your post gets lots of likes based on the sentiment.

That haven’t tested the vaccines. That’s why there’s emergency use laws.

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