The confusion around this comment may have been avoided by putting double quotes around the whole thing (since it is lifted verbatim from the article) and singl

The confusion around this comment may have been avoided by putting double quotes around the whole thing (since it is lifted verbatim from the article) and single quotes around Mossberg's statement. Or even just prepending a right angle bracket (>) at the beginning of the quote. Surrounding the text with asterisks to italicize it is also an option, but may be less recognizable. I must admit to also having read the comment as being in the spirit of Mister Gotcha, cited by bluboo below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18708394 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18708394