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We can get more than one thing. I mean, sure, you didn't write anything wrong, but how is that an argument against "We got cheap Chinese plastic trinkets?" How
by murgindrag 6y ago
We can get more than one thing. I mean, sure, you didn't write anything wrong, but how is that an argument against "We got cheap Chinese plastic trinkets?"
How is this even connected to the flow of the conversation?
Do you respond this way to everyhing? I can just imagine your household.
[Kids running in]: We got a pizza party at school!
[Parent]: No, what we got was a new robber baron class of ultra-rich billionaires the likes of which haven't been seen ...
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- scruple 6y ago> how is that an argument against "We got cheap Chinese plastic trinkets?" It's not, you just read it that way. > How is this even connected to the flow of the conversation? One thing (outsourcing our manufacturing -> getting cheap Chinese shit in return) has clearly led to the other (the profits not trickling down through the economy -> our political parties becoming influence peddlers). For some bizarre reason you seem really offended by what I wrote. I think that your comment says more about you than what you think it says about me. Have a good one.
- murgindrag 6y ago>> how is that an argument against "We got cheap Chinese plastic trinkets?" >It's not, you just read it that way. Your comment literally started by saying "No." In English, that means you disagree with what I wrote. It's followed by a comma, where in a standard English construction you would present your counterargument. > For some bizarre reason you seem really offended by what I wrote. I wasn't offended at all. I was a little overwhelmed by the apparent stupidity of the non sequitur response (and I use 'apparent' very deliberately -- it's possible you miswrote what you meant, or I misread it). I think this summarizes my reaction best: http://quotegeek.com/quotes-from-movies/billy-madison/1122/ http://quotegeek.com/quotes-from-movies/billy-madison/1122/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXEdJ_Gtx0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPXEdJ_Gtx0
- scruple 6y agoNah, it's very clear your hackles are raised. You're trying very hard to insult me and it's honestly hilarious. > Your comment literally started by saying "No." In English, that means you disagree with what I wrote. It's followed by a comma, where in a standard English construction you would present your counterargument. Do you respond this way to everything? I can just imagine your household. ...
- echlebek 6y agoYou literally quoted their assertion and then responded "No".
- scruple 6y agoYeah, I did. You'll have to forgive me for having been loose with the language I used to write a random comment on the internet. I'm sure I could've worded it differently and in a way that made more sense to the specific context. You'll also have to forgive me for not responding to that specific critique until you came along, I guess. I'd have been happy to reply to that previously if I hadn't been very condescendingly talked down to about the literal definition of the word no and then told that I ran a household like an asshole, etc...
- dang 6y agoPlease don't respond to someone else breaking the site guidelines by breaking them yourself. That only makes the thread even worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- scruple 6y agoYou're right. Sorry, dang.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't cross into personal attack on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html