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Not grumpy—the grandparent was being a total ass.
by wyclif 11y ago
Not grumpy—the grandparent was being a total ass.
- DanBC 11y agoAnd you know that you either flag, or downvote, or ignore the asses. (Or some combination.) You don't write a post to call them idiots, even if they are.
- wyclif 11y agoI've been around here a lot longer than you have. I do know, and I have, but sometimes nastiness needs to be called out.
- DanBC 11y agoSure, but you know that you shouldn't call put nastiness by being nasty.
- wyclif 11y agoNo, I don't know that. I think I did the right thing. Thanks for chiming in, though.
- DanBC 11y agoA search for dang and for the word nastiness turns up many results of him asking people to stop being unpleasant. Most relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9658134 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9658134 > Responding to nastiness with more nastiness is the surest way to destroy HN. The way to help is to gently point out that we all need to follow the site guidelines. But there are very many others.