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Thanks for pointing that out, I will refrain from comments like these in the future. It just becomes frustrating to see this pattern of behavior and how pronou

Thanks for pointing that out, I will refrain from comments like these in the future. It just becomes frustrating to see this pattern of behavior and how pronounced it has become. I frequently disagree with comments but they often generate good discussion. This is how we all get smarter. Instead, the potential is deterred by downvotes.

Stratoscope 7y ago
At the risk of continuing this meta discussion, I would have flagged that comment too, but not for any disagreement about whether JavaScript should be avoided. Many of us have family members fighting cancer, and there are cancer patients and survivors reading HN. I don't think a casual statement equating that terrible disease with a mere programming language is appropriate here or in any public forum. By way of contrast, I would have upvoted a comment like this: I avoid JavaScript whenever I can. I feel safer that way. I use FooBlock Organic to selectively whitelist JavaScript for sites that need it and that I trust. I recognize the irony of using a browser extension which is itself written in JavaScript, but it's open source and I've reviewed the source code carefully. I even contributed some patches to make it easier to use.