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If you don't recognize lapcat, you haven't been reading a lot of macOS articles on HN. Also, "mansplaining" probably just meant "giving unwanted advise about a

• deaddodo 3y ago
  > If you don't recognize lapcat, you haven't been reading a lot of macOS articles on HN. I read plenty of macOS articles here. I'm sure I've run across them. They're neither memorable enough nor important enough for me to pick them out from one user or another. And for them to assume that importance would make them far more arrogant to me (and many others) than the "mansplainer" (no matter if they're in the wrong, which I happened to agree that they were). > Also, "mansplaining" probably just meant "giving unwanted advise about a topic they only have superficial knowledge of". I could pick up the context of their intention. It's still extremely odd to use a politically and emotionally overloaded word with a specific meaning that clearly doesn't apply here. OP could be a woman themselves, for all we know. The explainer wasn't talking down to lapcat out of an assumed lack of knowledge based on their gender; they were just talking with a general lack of knowledge on the subject, which is pretty common on the internet.
• coldtea 3y ago
  >If you don't recognize lapcat, you haven't been reading a lot of macOS articles on HN I, for one, barely recognize 5-10 names. I focus on the content, and don't keep the names in my mind after reading something or even after having a chat, unless they make some unique impression, or have a consistent theme and style to be recognizable.