> Because harsh expressions are usually gratuitous. Because blanket assertions are usually wrong. And, because combining both is rude. This never happened thou

> Because harsh expressions are usually gratuitous. Because blanket assertions are usually wrong. And, because combining both is rude. This never happened though. The parent simply stated they didn't have time for bullshit then said they purchase Macs so they don't have build PCs. He / she simply stated what they considered important. It was personal, there was no blanket assertions at all and it was in the same tone as the article so what was gratuitous in this context? > For instance, did you really need to say `Whoa whoa slow down' when you began your reply? Did that add value? I certainly did due to the outlandishness of what I replied to. It sounded two orders of magnitude harsher and more personal than I would have expected especially on HN.