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Sorry you were offended - I was suggesting you would enjoy quotations from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" where he describes landlords as non-productive leech

Sorry you were offended - I was suggesting you would enjoy quotations from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" where he describes landlords as non-productive leeches. I was not commenting on the use of quotation marks. My suggestion that you also pay attention to the context was that those quotations really do apply to unimproved land (though he notes that landlords will happily increase rents based on tenants'improvements). Cheers.

neonological 6y ago
No you are being deliberately offensive. It’s like me suggesting you go to school to take an economics course. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about and I’m just being nice and trying to help you not be stupid. Too put it tersely some people on HN throw under the cover insults by being subtly condescending so as to not trip any red flags and get warned by the admin. For example, like suggesting I look up the purpose of quotations. Don’t play games, I hate that stuff and while manipulative under the cover insults can get around Dang’s filter it really goes against the spirit of HN. Cheers.
- kbutler 6y ago
  Nope. Please quit projecting your hostility, insecurity, and ignorance on to me.
  - neonological 6y ago
    " I expect you'll like the quotes. (I'd recommend learning more about the context more than just the quotes, but hey, it's the internet). " This is what you said about my penchant to use quotation marks. There's not a single person on the face of the earth who won't find that rude. It's subtle but it's akin to saying "go learn English" or "go learn proper grammar" in the middle of a debate but disguised as a "suggestion." You can't even say that garbage to a person who speaks English as a second language. It's a low blow and I'm calling you out for what you are. You did that on purpose and you are a rude person. Your initial apology is therefore not accepted because I know it's fake. We're done. I have no interest in continuing a conversation with you.

neonological 6y ago

No you are being deliberately offensive. It’s like me suggesting you go to school to take an economics course. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about and I’m just being nice and trying to help you not be stupid. Too put it tersely some people on HN throw under the cover insults by being subtly condescending so as to not trip any red flags and get warned by the admin. For example, like suggesting I look up the purpose of quotations. Don’t play games, I hate that stuff and while manipulative under the cover insults can get around Dang’s filter it really goes against the spirit of HN. Cheers.

kbutler 6y ago
Nope. Please quit projecting your hostility, insecurity, and ignorance on to me.
- neonological 6y ago
  " I expect you'll like the quotes. (I'd recommend learning more about the context more than just the quotes, but hey, it's the internet). " This is what you said about my penchant to use quotation marks. There's not a single person on the face of the earth who won't find that rude. It's subtle but it's akin to saying "go learn English" or "go learn proper grammar" in the middle of a debate but disguised as a "suggestion." You can't even say that garbage to a person who speaks English as a second language. It's a low blow and I'm calling you out for what you are. You did that on purpose and you are a rude person. Your initial apology is therefore not accepted because I know it's fake. We're done. I have no interest in continuing a conversation with you.