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I'm surprised this struck so much of a nerve here (based on votes and the reply.) Disappointed, but I'm not going to take it personally; if you're reading this and it's somehow pissing you off, I strongly suggest spending some time away from the computer.


> if you're reading this and it's somehow pissing you off, I strongly suggest spending some time away from the computer.

I upvoted your first comment because it was a decent and reasonable one. I downvoted this one because your passive aggressive swat at people who disagree with you is bullshit. If you were actually not taking it personally, you wouldn't have mentioned it at all.


> I downvoted this one because your passive aggressive swat at people who disagree with you is bullshit.

Wow! I am genuinely blown away at how much you managed to unpack from that. I'm not trying to be condescending, but it's wrong.

Firstly, it's not about disagreement. Nobody posted a reply disagreeing, so I have no idea why or how someone would disagree with the post anyway. The only reply I had was agreeing with me, but I feel that response was quite hot-headed too.

Secondly, I get how "get off the computer" sounds like a "passive aggressive swat," but it's simply serious.

> If you were actually not taking it personally, you wouldn't have mentioned it at all.

I'm not sure how to respond to this, but just because I didn't take it seriously does not mean I have nothing at all to say about it.


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Please don't do that here. I really feel it's better if we kept this nonsense out of HN.


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