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24k rep on HN, you should know that's not how we converse here, regardless of whether or not you agree with GP.
by junon 6y ago
24k rep on HN, you should know that's not how we converse here, regardless of whether or not you agree with GP.
- taneq 6y agoI stand by my assessment of GP, but that's beside the point. You're right, and I apologise.
- sjwright 6y agoI wouldn’t apologise. I strongly respect the social rules of hacker news but they are by no means perfect and tend to break down in the face of a well calibrated troll. This particular variant is the verbose non sequitur anti-pattern. It’s effective because it generally can’t be identified at a glance. It requires a lot of contextualised reading. This means it gets few down votes, the canonical sign of disapproval here.