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You can always safely leave out the personal jeers, like the guidelines ask. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/news

• feld 10y ago
  It wasn't a personal jeer. I was commenting on his behavior/attitude, not calling him names. There's a big difference. alternately: > You're just being (a prick | stubborn | bullheaded | rigid | perverse | unreasonable)
  • sctb 10y ago
    If there's a difference, it's one that doesn't bring the comment within the guidelines. They don't just ask us not to call people names, they ask us not to call names at all: > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • feld 10y ago
      Alright let me replay this conversation: Post: > the free market is broken. I have a choice between two providers but one is a slight inconvenience for me to have installed so I refuse to use it. YC Approved© Reply: > the free market is not broken. 🆒
      • dang 10y ago
        This evades the point. The point is that you can't post things like "You're just being a prick" to Hacker News. We ban accounts that do this, so please don't do it again.
        • feld 10y ago
          I did not evade the point. You are choosing to to ignore it. This comment is well within HN guidelines.