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I'm sorry but what has his comment history to do with the comment he is writing right now? You should discuss content not occupy yourself with labeling people a

• uxp 14y ago
  Off Topic: Twice in this thread he/she asked the same condescending question if the person he/she was replying to had actually read the article, with this one in particular showing indication he failed to read a portion of the article also. I didn't really care to start up an argument with someone on the internet if they were having a bad day (we all have bad days), so I quickly glanced over their comment history and saw a pattern. Its this kind of behavior some of us strive to avoid on HN. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I thought my remark was fairly civil. I was not trying to start an argument or flame war, and dedicated a significant portion of my reply to the topic of conversation and tried to be brief in reminding him/her about the reasons most of us visit HN over other news aggregating sites.