>it's safe to say only what's written in the guidelines is supposed to be common knowledge And, yet, you immediately trotted out the dictum on this thread, as

>it's safe to say only what's written in the guidelines is supposed to be common knowledge And, yet, you immediately trotted out the dictum on this thread, as have so many before you. I mean, c'mon. Stop it. It's common knowledge around here. >They don't say "make arguments with which everyone can agree" Greenlighting the use of downvotes to express disagreement does exactly this. Not even sure why you think there's an argument to be made otherwise. If you want your comment to be read, instead of literally faded into oblivion as the result of downvotes, then you'd better be sure it's somewhat in agreement with the community. >It was your own deduction... Sure was, and it didn't take much effort to deduce it. In fact, I would say no effort. It was just lying there to trip over. OTOH, the entirety of your argument seems to rest on the willful denial of the obvious.