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No it's not. Point out what was so "acerbic" in my original reply. I've read it twice now and there's nothing out of line in it. The only emotion I injected wa

No it's not. Point out what was so "acerbic" in my original reply. I've read it twice now and there's nothing out of line in it. The only emotion I injected was "I am startled". Yeah, really `acid in temper or mood`. Especially when * ironically* I was addressing the acerbic comments being pointed at the author for ACTUALLY BELIEVING people when they told him they were interested. Is it opposite day on HN or did I miss a memo?

jfarmer 16y ago
I didn't say it was out of line, just acerbic. "shitty" "can't believe" "pathetic" Strong words. HN will generally downvote strong displays of negative emotions, especially if it's something purely subjective. It was also slightly accusatory, saying other HN users were "making excuses" for this behavior. There's some ambiguity as to whether you meant the behavior itself was pathetic or the people "making excuses" were pathetic. I think you meant the latter. Maybe this is an easier way to understand it: imagine you're in a room filled with people talking about this issue, and you stood up and said what you said out loud. How do you expect people to react? Positively? I can't believe I'm explaining this in such detail. Haha.
- drivebyacct 16y ago
  I would call people out for excusing leading people on and lying to their faces. In public. In a room full of people that disagree with me. If I am in the wrong and downvotes (or in our analogy looks of disapproval or murmurs of hatred in my direction) are my punishment I will take them proudly. I think excusing the behavior is nearly as shameful as being the person doing the lying and deceiving. I can't believe I'm explaining this in such deal. I meant the usage quite literally. I'm shocked that an intelligent community such as HN is excusing the behavior because it's supposedly "normal". I think the treatment and thus the excuses are "shitty" which doesn't have a formal definition for me to rattle off, but suffice it to say I think it covers "unacceptable behavior" which is a category that lying and leading people on generally falls into.
  - jfarmer 16y ago
    You go, girl.

jfarmer 16y ago

I didn't say it was out of line, just acerbic. "shitty" "can't believe" "pathetic" Strong words. HN will generally downvote strong displays of negative emotions, especially if it's something purely subjective. It was also slightly accusatory, saying other HN users were "making excuses" for this behavior. There's some ambiguity as to whether you meant the behavior itself was pathetic or the people "making excuses" were pathetic. I think you meant the latter. Maybe this is an easier way to understand it: imagine you're in a room filled with people talking about this issue, and you stood up and said what you said out loud. How do you expect people to react? Positively? I can't believe I'm explaining this in such detail. Haha.

drivebyacct 16y ago
I would call people out for excusing leading people on and lying to their faces. In public. In a room full of people that disagree with me. If I am in the wrong and downvotes (or in our analogy looks of disapproval or murmurs of hatred in my direction) are my punishment I will take them proudly. I think excusing the behavior is nearly as shameful as being the person doing the lying and deceiving. I can't believe I'm explaining this in such deal. I meant the usage quite literally. I'm shocked that an intelligent community such as HN is excusing the behavior because it's supposedly "normal". I think the treatment and thus the excuses are "shitty" which doesn't have a formal definition for me to rattle off, but suffice it to say I think it covers "unacceptable behavior" which is a category that lying and leading people on generally falls into.
- jfarmer 16y ago
  You go, girl.