> Do you have a better word for that behavior? How about, "internet discussions". It happens to all of us. Male and female. I've also had women "mansplain" thi

> Do you have a better word for that behavior? How about, "internet discussions". It happens to all of us. Male and female. I've also had women "mansplain" things to me whilst completely missing the point I was raising. It's not always done in malice or for egotistical reasons; sometimes people misread comments due to distractions (riding the train, working while tweeting, etc) and sometimes people just have to work a little harder with comprehension (like I do due to dyslexia). > It seems sad to me that seeing one word in an article is enough to derail the entire conversation because some people don’t like it. It’s not like it was a call to violence or something like that. Conversations are organic and rarely follow preferred paths. I've seen discussions on HN about typefaces or colour schemes on articles that couldn't be further removed from design. It sometimes sucks to see an interesting topic digress into something so seemingly relevant but the irony is by commenting about how disappointed you are about the tangent you are further contributing to the digression from topic.