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Put a little more blunt than I would have but there's nothing wrong there. Rarely a submission goes by where the first comments aren't people racing in to argue
by tbrake 5y ago
Put a little more blunt than I would have but there's nothing wrong there. Rarely a submission goes by where the first comments aren't people racing in to argue with the author.
There's an adversarial air that exists around dissecting, criticizing, nit-picking etc ideas presented, both here and in the tech world at large. As if one's most valuable contribution to a conversation is assuming the role of smug contrarian.
It's frankly tiring and obnoxious. I used to think non-geeks were just bad at communicating with us; that the fault was on their side somehow. But now I think we're just dicks.