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Another lesson is to avoid saying amazingly haughty things like, "clever only to people of pedestrian intelligence." Metacommentary is annoying, but here goes.
by BrandonM 16y ago
Another lesson is to avoid saying amazingly haughty things like, "clever only to people of pedestrian intelligence."
Metacommentary is annoying, but here goes. His comment was downvoted because it was demeaning without furthering the discussion much. I considered downvoting your comment because it insultingly misstates the reason for members' downvotes when the actual reason is pretty obvious; I actually voted up your comment (since it was down to -1) in spite of that and its defeatist tone because it still made an interesting point.
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- code_duck 16y agoThis has to be the most useless line of comments I've see on HN in a long time.
- stcredzero 16y agoActually, there's a very useful analogy and lesson for startup folks.
- natep 16y agoI see lots of discussion prompted by stcredzero's comment (11 replies, including this one and the 2 deleted ones). How again did it not further the discussion?
- stcredzero 16y agoAnother lesson is to avoid saying amazingly haughty things like, "clever only to people of pedestrian intelligence." The lesson I've received, after sparking all this discussion, getting voted down, then back up again, is that it pays off in the end to be open and genuine.