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It's an abrasive phrasing of a legitimate and, if you zoom out, apparently sincere question. "Toxic" is an overstatement.
by andrewflnr 7y ago
It's an abrasive phrasing of a legitimate and, if you zoom out, apparently sincere question. "Toxic" is an overstatement.
- wj 7y agoThe sentence works without asking "why I should care?": "Never heard of Pando, wondering if anyone could give brief insight into why it's significant?" Including the abrasive phrasing when it is not needed is toxic and not helpful for polite discourse.
- andrewflnr 7y agoAssuming bad faith is more damaging to discussion than dismissiveness. Your using the word "toxic" to describe the comment is more toxic than the comment itself. Ed: if you had led off with > The sentence works without asking "why I should care?" then no one would be quibbling with you.