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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by barking on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:10AM (#11944238)
I don't know how long hacker news is on the go, multiple decades surprises me. However you only registered 33 days ago, that was the point I was making. If you find that to be 'extreme personal rudeness' then you must get offended a lot.
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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by syngrog66 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:26AM (#11944315)
> You're a clever boy

I await your ban from @dang. otherwise I will re-conclude that HN has too high a ratio anymore of assholes-to-signal.

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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by barking on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:30AM (#11944328)
I'm not precious, I don't mind you calling me an asshole.
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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by syngrog66 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @04:21AM (#11952286)
your original comment to me was rude and creepy. therefore I stand by my initial reaction. especially considering the historical ecosystem of HN

however... I've looked at your follow-up comments since, and I've spelunked through your post history. Therefore I now believe you did truly make a mistake, and that you honestly did not intend to sound the way that you did. And you gave some reasonable responses. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

I've learned to take an increasingly hard-line against assholes in real life. But I've also learned to try even harder to show empathy and see things from other people's shoes. Therefore I apologize if you felt I over-reacted. And I look forward to seeing awesome contributions from you here in the future. ;-)

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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by barking on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @08:44AM (#11953405)
Cheers, thanks for the kind words and for being big enough to come back like this. I apologise as well, my attempts at humour fall flat a lot of the time. A little of it goes a long way according to my wife. Best wishes to you.
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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by syngrog66 on Wednesday June 22, 2016 @01:18PM (#11955492)
ha! ok cool. I hear you.
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