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>HN has always been at war with TurboTax. "Snarky trivialization of activism on this issue" seems like the very kind of thing you'd normally discourage.
by SilasX 7y ago
>HN has always been at war with TurboTax.
"Snarky trivialization of activism on this issue" seems like the very kind of thing you'd normally discourage.
- Infinitesimus 7y agoAssuming positive intentions, it's unlikely that this is a snarky trivialization and more likely that it is acknowledging/praising the persistence of the topic.
- dang 7y agoPrecisely. But what we always tell users is that intent doesn't communicate itself on the internet, so the burden is on the commenter to disambiguate.
- dang 7y agoThat certainly was not my meaning! Sometimes I add little twists into these things to make them less bone-crushingly tedious. Occasionally they cross a line. That's how I find out where the line is.