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Oh please. It was clearly a humorous comment with the "substance" OSX enjoys a lot of developer support a-la-Linux ... because of POSIX support (amongst other

Oh please. It was clearly a humorous comment with the "substance" OSX enjoys a lot of developer support a-la-Linux ... because of POSIX support (amongst other things) Anyone who uses such obvious satire as an excuse to start a flamewar could start a flamewar over a lot less, I was under the impression I don't have to write with petulant children being my target audience. - I think the most annoying thing about this is plenty of people got that without issue, the comment existed for hours with plenty of useful discussion from people who understood the satire... Then some upset person taking it as a personal slight flags the post and now it's hidden, how silly.

dang 7y ago
Your intention wasn't obvious, the joke wasn't funny, and it was guaranteed to land as a provocation with someone, since it's basically a trollish remark. There's nothing wrong with humour per se, but most people overrate the humour in their own comments. scott_s said it best: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 It looks like you've been breaking the site guidelines in other comments as well. Would you mind reading them and sticking to the intended spirit of the site when posting here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- BoorishBears 7y ago
  "the joke wasn't funny" is your opinion, and clearly it's own kind of bait. The comment was upvoted and well received, and even generated an actual discussion until it was flagged and people jumped on the bandwagon. There was nothing wrong for people who approached the comment and "assumed good faith"