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What are you on about? There's no sign of 'johnklos' quoting me as you claim. It literally appears in his own words, and he even wrote it in a manner that coul
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
What are you on about?
There's no sign of 'johnklos' quoting me as you claim. It literally appears in his own words, and he even wrote it in a manner that could not possibly be confused with my style of writing. Just check my recent comment history?
Frankly, it's just impossible for there to be a 17 word phrase in that comment that can be interpreted as a quotation, even by a teenager who only started learning English.
And in any case, you are free to contact dang, or any other HN user you trust, and ask them to double check whether such a thing occurred.
You can also review HN norms, other examples of HN users quoting each other and explicitly acknowledging it, the popular dictionary definitions of 'quote', etc...
Since your HN account is nearly 11 years old I'm fairly confident you know various methods to verify these things to a reasonable degree of certainty.
- p1mrx 3y agoPlease accept this award for your outstanding contributions to the field of pedantry.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoSince presumably your a different person from 'warrenm', though with some degree of uncertainty due to the pseudonym, why lower your account's built up credibility with obvious low-effort trolling? 'warrenm' clearly needs some help with resolving confusion regarding HN norms, or something along those lines, not piling on and exploiting the odd comment chain at his expense.
- warrenm 3y agothis MichaelZuo character seems to be pretty lost in understanding how to communicate (and then denying he's doing what he's actively doing) I think he's in it for the humor value
- p1mrx 3y agoMichaelZuo is defending an unnecessarily precise definition of the word "quote" and you are refusing to acknowledge it. I doubt that either of you are in this for the humor; that simply emerges from the duration and pointlessness of the argument.
- warrenm 3y agoI get it now! you're a comedian! thanks for the laughs - anyone who can straightfacedly deny what they wrote, and people referencing it such an obvious manner that you still deny must be in it for the humor value
- MichaelZuo 3y agoLike I said, contact dang, or any other HN user you trust, and ask for their opinion on this 'gaslighting', on the meaning of quoting another HN user, that you believe to be happening. If they confirm your view then post it here, because I think many passing readers would be curious in seeing it too.