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Nope. My personal 'predilections' have nothing to do with it. I thought HN had a theme other than McDonald's restaurant closings and that would make it off topi

Nope. My personal 'predilections' have nothing to do with it. I thought HN had a theme other than McDonald's restaurant closings and that would make it off topic. Obiously not and anything goes here without moderation. So I'm done.

krapp 12y ago
Don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you.
- DanBC 12y ago
  That was needlessly rude, don't you think?
  - tluyben2 12y ago
    Sorry, English is not my first language so could you explain why that is rude? I guess it is means to not let the door hit you in the behind on the way out? Why is that rude?
    - nitrogen 12y ago
      "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" is equivalent to "good riddance" as an expression of disdain. It's rude because offending someone already on their way out is a cheap shot, like kicking someone who is already down in a fight. The added colorfulness of the "split" variant makes this particular instance more offensive.
      - krapp 12y ago
        Very rarely, when someone makes the point of announcing that they're leaving, do they actually do anything but stick around to watch the fireworks, or continue to troll through puppet accounts. Many of icantthinkofone's comments are complaints about how Hacker News doesn't meet their standards, meanwhile they've made two submissions - very little positive effort to improve the community. If they were serious about leaving, they wouldn't stick around to gripe as much as they have. I don't think flouncing deserves much civility, particularly as a response to a pronouncement that this place isn't worth someone's time.
        DanBC 12y ago
        You could just ignore them; or downvote then ignore. You say the user is trolling. You then responded to that user. In troll terms you lose they win. I like meatball wiki's way of talking about this stuff: http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/UsAndThem http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/UsAndThem
        krapp 12y ago
        You're probably right.
  - krapp 12y ago
    I didn't think it was that rude. I'm fine with taking a karma hit for it though.
- whitecat 12y ago
  I don't know why this is down voted. It is pretty funny. I guess it could be seen as rude but its to funny to get mad at.
DanBC 12y ago
It seems that users do most of the moderation. So, if you think this submission doesn't belong you can flag it.

krapp 12y ago

Don't let the door hit you where the Lord split you.

DanBC 12y ago
That was needlessly rude, don't you think?
- tluyben2 12y ago
  Sorry, English is not my first language so could you explain why that is rude? I guess it is means to not let the door hit you in the behind on the way out? Why is that rude?
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    "Don't let the door hit you on the way out" is equivalent to "good riddance" as an expression of disdain. It's rude because offending someone already on their way out is a cheap shot, like kicking someone who is already down in a fight. The added colorfulness of the "split" variant makes this particular instance more offensive.
    - krapp 12y ago
      Very rarely, when someone makes the point of announcing that they're leaving, do they actually do anything but stick around to watch the fireworks, or continue to troll through puppet accounts. Many of icantthinkofone's comments are complaints about how Hacker News doesn't meet their standards, meanwhile they've made two submissions - very little positive effort to improve the community. If they were serious about leaving, they wouldn't stick around to gripe as much as they have. I don't think flouncing deserves much civility, particularly as a response to a pronouncement that this place isn't worth someone's time.
      - DanBC 12y ago
        You could just ignore them; or downvote then ignore. You say the user is trolling. You then responded to that user. In troll terms you lose they win. I like meatball wiki's way of talking about this stuff: http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/UsAndThem http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/UsAndThem
        krapp 12y ago
        You're probably right.
- krapp 12y ago
  I didn't think it was that rude. I'm fine with taking a karma hit for it though.
whitecat 12y ago
I don't know why this is down voted. It is pretty funny. I guess it could be seen as rude but its to funny to get mad at.

DanBC 12y ago

It seems that users do most of the moderation. So, if you think this submission doesn't belong you can flag it.