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Aside from being a shallow dismissal this comment demonstrates an unmistakable unfamiliarity with the subject. How one can have such a strong opinion on somethi
by gatherhunterer 8y ago
Aside from being a shallow dismissal this comment demonstrates an unmistakable unfamiliarity with the subject. How one can have such a strong opinion on something they know so little about is beyond me. Frozen dirt is brittle and easy to dislodge, it is only difficult if you need to dig a post hole or something of limited width.
- astrodust 8y agoYou clearly have not experienced an actual winter, just some weak-sauce facsimile, the sort you might get in northern Virginia. If I wanted to get potatoes right now from the back yard dirt I'd have to remove about two feet of hard-packed ice and snow, then chisel into dirt that may as well be concrete. At least solid ice and concrete respect a pick. Wet, frozen dirt just shrugs it off. Let me remind you that this year in places like Minnesota it was -60°F outside. Good luck getting anything out of the ground in those conditions. Even a backhoe is going to have trouble. I'd suggest using dynamite, but at those temperatures even dynamite won't work without being heated up first.
- gatherhunterer 8y agoGatekeeping, intentionally mis-stating the opposing view and quick edits. This is a troll trifecta.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't cross into snark or personal swipes. Your comment would be just fine without the bits at the beginning and end. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html