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Well, then you should have literally written this instead of your first comment. Here, you've actually said something, and it doesn't come off as unjustified c

Well, then you should have literally written this instead of your first comment. Here, you've actually said something, and it doesn't come off as unjustified criticism of specific people whom you quoted. And, I now recognize that you have a point, which means you've successfully communicated.

jodrellblank 6y ago
> Here, you've actually said something, I suspect that if you go back and read my comments, you'll see me saying that it would be nice if things were more consistent, simpler, and that "minor distinctions that do nothing to help are a waste". > Well, then you should have literally written this instead Somewhere between victim blaming and invoking the Just World hypothesis. You introduced the idea that I should care about downvotes, you blamed my downvotes on complaining about them. Then when I denied that, you blamed the downvotes on me being accusatory. Now you've settled on the downvotes being because I'm not good enough at communication, and now you have a reason why I deserve them, you can tell me how I "should literally" have behaved if I didn't want them - a suggestion only you have pushed. That's annoyingly smug with 20/20 useless hindsight. Yes maybe it would have been good from a downvote point of view if I had literally written something that took me hours to get round to framing, instead, but I didn't, and can't, and if the cost of that is downvotes then so be it.