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This was the condescending part: > Have you actually tried to reduce dependencies? > I mean, are you speaking from experience, or just theorizing?

• hsn915 5y ago
  Why is it condescending? I asked this question because your comment does not jive with my experience. So before countering your point I wanted to confirm whether you had some experience that was opposite to mine or not. Where is the condescension? In my mind I'm being polite and not making assumptions. If I wanted to be condescending I would tell you that you have no idea what you're talking about.
  • speed_spread 5y ago
    TBH, opening your post with "Have you tried X?" _does_ read like a very short step from "you have no idea what you're talking about", whether you meant it like that or not.
  • amw-zero 5y ago
    First, you weren’t condescending to me, you were condescending to someone else. Second, saying “you have no idea what you’re talking about” is aggressive, not condescending. “Have you actually tried X?” is condescending, because it places you in a position of superiority, framed as an “honest” question. If in your mind that is a polite and honest conversation, your mind is clouded, as me an other people have now let you know.