FYI, I'm not saying you were wrong, or that the comment wasn't warranted. I'll often note comments which fail any apparent reading of the article ... but I gen

FYI, I'm not saying you were wrong, or that the comment wasn't warranted. I'll often note comments which fail any apparent reading of the article ... but I generally try to do that without mentioning the fact. Numerous examples in: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adredmorbius%20tfa&sort=byPopularity&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...> And if the point seems to bear a more explicit mention, well, There Are Ways: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40837625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40837625> Trust me I feel your pain, but HN guidelines are aimed at steering threads back on track if that's remotely possible. That's usually a Good Thing of itself.