You were likely down-voted more because your first comment doesn't add anything substantive to the discussion rather than for the language you used. As the guid

You were likely down-voted more because your first comment doesn't add anything substantive to the discussion rather than for the language you used. As the guidelines ask, please don't comment on being downvoted, as it makes for boring reading. And doing so in the manner you did is definitely uncalled for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html