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You sound like a Hitler fanboi.
by SanjayMehta 9mo ago
You sound like a Hitler fanboi.
- defrost 9mo agoSounds like, yes. Actually is, unlikely - a very shallow comment history dive suggests not ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684376 ). It's a common way in native English speaking countries to disparage someone, to compare them as a small failed version of something worse. It's also confusing to non native english speakers, and even to people from "mismatched" english speaking cultures (an Englishman, a Scotsman, an Australian, and a central North American enter a bar; Oscar Wilde tells them they're separated by a common language). The HN guidelines suggest people refrain from hyperbole, sarcasm, idiomatic metaphors, and generally having fun with language :( <- sad face They have a point.
- SanjayMehta 9mo agoHe's just another hypocrite, called me a Putin bot just a couple of days ago. Beneath contemptible. As for the HN guidelines, they're a form of the infamous "rules based order," different strokes for different folks.
- defrost 9mo ago> Beneath contemptible. Which? Implying they are a Hitler fanboi, or them implying you're a Putin bot? > different strokes for different folks. Each with one leg both the same - I find it hard to slide a feeler guage twixt either of the two behaviours. As for the HN guidelines, they're hardly international, just this forum specific. I've no doubt you can play nice should you choose.
- SanjayMehta 9mo agoPlaying nice is for hypocrites.
- defrost 9mo agoWho is leaping to conclusions and calling people names for? That question aside, it's entirely possible to be polite without pretence to virtue or deception as to intent.