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Re:Welcome to HN: A refresher course on how to disagree... ... by Semiapies on Friday January 01, 2010 @04:44PM (#1026293)
To put it bluntly, in a face-to-face conversation, I would have dismissed you as a whiny attention-seeker and not spoken to you at all. And if someone had asked my opinion of you, it would have been, "whiny attention-seeker who knows how to have a thoughtful conversation, but chooses not to".

Here, we simplify that with a downvote. Have a nice life.

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Re:Welcome to HN: A refresher course on how to disagree... ... by kburn on Friday January 01, 2010 @05:30PM (#1026363)
I don't think you understand the "be civil" part of the guidelines.

You asked a question, got a civil answer and responded really rather rudely.

At first I thought this elblanco guy was a bit whiny as well, but now I'm starting to see the pattern of bad behavior behind his point.

After your response (and a few others), I think he is perfectly valid.

If my karma were high enough, I would certainly downvote...nay flag your comment as a clear violation of guidelines.

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