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I'm not him, but such ridicule, while perhaps not appropriate for HN, is often effective at getting the target to think before they speak in the future (at leas
by Crito 13y ago
I'm not him, but such ridicule, while perhaps not appropriate for HN, is often effective at getting the target to think before they speak in the future (at least concerning the particular topic being discussed).
People don't like being ridiculed, so ridicule often gets through to them when straightforward corrections do not.
- ludston 13y agoI wish you were the person I were addressing. I'd like to challenge the following assumptions: "The target" didn't think before he posted. There is value in silencing "the target". "Ridicule often gets through to them -"