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Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots” by dang on Thursday January 16, 2020 @11:51AM (#22066268)
Please don't get personal about this. It only provokes others into doing worse, as happened downthread.

Your comment would be just fine with just the second paragraph.

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Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots” by ncmncm on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:57PM (#22067041)
The second paragraph is the useful part of the comment. You seem to be reacting to the presence of the word "jerk", entirely ignoring the context.
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Re:How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots” by dang on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:45PM (#22069318)
Yes, we agree. The comment would be fine with just the second paragraph.
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