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Re:BitTorrent v2 by adwn on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @03:43AM (#24406095)
> Check your privileges, sweet summer child.

Please don't do this here. It is needlessly condescending and insulting.

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Re:BitTorrent v2 by hutzlibu on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:19AM (#24406965)
It is, but maybe start telling op?

"Does this hypothetical situation you describe exist anywhere outside of the hypothetical situation posited by a character in a Neal Stephenson novel"

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Re:BitTorrent v2 by nicbou on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @02:59PM (#24411703)
That's a legitimate question
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by AlexCoventry on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:16PM (#24531529)
I think they're arguing about tone, not accuracy.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by vbezhenar on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:09AM (#24406232)
Some people feel insulted when someone thinks that their real problems are imaginary, so a hostile reaction is understandable, I guess.
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Re:BitTorrent v2 by Muromec on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:53AM (#24406498)
My bad. The comment I replied to was so tone-deaf, that I mistaken myself being on reddit.
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