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What is the purpose of the parent comment? To score a point? To show us all the commenter is smarter than the vulgus? It passes the "gratuitous negativity" tes
by theGimp 9y ago
What is the purpose of the parent comment? To score a point? To show us all the commenter is smarter than the vulgus?
It passes the "gratuitous negativity" test to me. The same point could have been made without the condescension.
- rodgerd 9y agoYet you didn't feel the need to lecture the parent comment for s snide dismissal of a programming language and everyone who uses it.
- coldtea 9y ago>What is the purpose of the parent comment? To score a point? To show us all the commenter is smarter than the vulgus? To defend their technology/language of choice, who they felt was undeservingly dismissed as obsolete? >The same point could have been made without the condescension. I think the "less competition" is a valid point. People that dismiss languages as "old" or not fashionable enough, often miss opportunities in niche areas -- case in point all the COBOL jobs.
- S8239eh 9y agoWhy don't you build an Orwellian society that punishes people instantly for "negativity"? Oh wait, we already have it - this comment will be censored by the YC central committee.