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It's not about offence, I like to think HN can live without that kind of low brow smacktalk.
by teh_klev 10y ago
It's not about offence, I like to think HN can live without that kind of low brow smacktalk.
- bostonpete 10y agoHere, here -- keep the smacktalk highbrow!
- crooked-v 10y agoIt's "hear, hear", you pulchritudinous litterateur.
- bostonpete 10y agoDoh!
- tombert 10y agoFirst off, it's not "smacktalk", because I wasn't insulting anyone. I was warning the person who posted the article that smacktalk, or "shitposting" as I referred to it, might happen if you don't put a "(2013)" at the end. Second off, I apologized for offending you, and despite you denying it, it clearly was offensive to you since you called it "low brow". But I've learned my lesson; I'm getting enough downvotes now, I'm glad that the community has decided that certain words aren't allowed.
- teh_klev 10y ago> it clearly was offensive to you since you called it "low brow". Everyone these days is so quick to accuse others of being offended, it's very tiresome. Just because someone points out that a phrase like "shitpost" isn't really language cromulent with the general discourse on HN doesn't mean they're offended, it's pointing out a quality standards issue. And anyway, at half a century old I don't waste time and energy getting "offended", pass the gin.