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Grow up, man. It's unbelievable you'd spend your time arguing that "don't be a dick" isn't name-calling. This is third-grade material. Imagine what the teacher
by solipsism 10y ago
Grow up, man. It's unbelievable you'd spend your time arguing that "don't be a dick" isn't name-calling. This is third-grade material. Imagine what the teacher would say to a student making this argument... and apply it to yourself.
Maybe take a step back. Someone expressed an opinion you didn't like, but one that didn't attack anyone personally. You proceeded to immediately call that person a dick -- oh, sorry, you said he's being a dick, because that's a distinction that's meaningful in this world...
You seem like a smart guy, so I bet you'd agree that dissenting opinions are something we want around here. They make this place better. Truly out-of-line comments are handled with the downvote system (and I note, mine apparently wasn't widely perceived to be out of line, judging by the votes.. it was just controversial). Now, would you say saying people are being dicks also makes this place better? You can do better than that.
- dang 10y agoYour comments have been breaking the HN guidelines in quite a few ways. Please stop posting personal attacks, going on about downvoting, being snarkily dismissive, and posting comments with no substance in them. Yes, calling you the d-word was also against the "please don't call names" rule (at least arguably). https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- wpietri 10y agoNoted. I'll be more circumspect in the future. Thanks for mentioning it.
- wpietri 10y agoI like that you devote 3 paragraphs to my choice of 1 word, even though I already offered another, without ever touching on my point: your bad behavior. You are definitely a reasonable interlocutor whose opinions I take seriously.