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Every comment that remotely questions this article is getting downvoted, rather than discussed. Lame.

• njsubedi 9y ago
  I just realized this too. No wonder many of the NyTimes journalists are here today.
  • IAmEveryone 9y ago
    I just downvoted you, and I don't write for the Times. Unfortunately... The reason this specific thread is being downvoted is that it started with nitpicking over useless semantics, and then actually managed to get worse by complaining about downvotes. Then, it got worse yet again by offering a conspiracy theory for those downvotes, instead of assuming the obvious: nobody cares.
    • lsh 9y ago
      And then it got even worse with some guy who couldn't leave well enough alone and felt compelled to point out nitpicking by nitpicking and then making a wrong assumption! Quick! Somebody on the internet is wrong! And true to form, I'm going to be 'that guy' who says: I care. I too felt weird about the author using the term 'text editor', I too needed a sense of nitpicking comradery that I found with others pulling apart the semantics. It's not that off-topic and we're safely in our own little thread here, so instead of being a jerk and downvoting, just collapse the thread. But whatever. Downvoted ;)