Re:How My Start-Up Failed
by mattmaroon on Monday September 15, 2008 @06:27PM
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Note that I said genuinely agreeing, as his first comment seemed to be and his second specifically stated he was. You can't be sarcastic while genuinely agreeing.
Re:How My Start-Up Failed
by fallentimes on Monday September 15, 2008 @10:36PM
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Not like it matters at this point, but I was generally agreeing with the author because I used to be him. However, as noted in my comment above I should have elaborated.
It's always interesting when people declare what someone else is saying or thinking or trying to convey instead of just asking them to clarify :).
Well, regardless of the original intent, it's probably a pretty safe bet that people were voting for it because they perceived it to be a bash on MBA degrees.
My main gripe is with anti-intellectualism and other forms of low-brow snottery in general, not so much with your specific comment.
In particular, when you "agree" with something that you have quoted out of context, it's quite easy to paint it with the opposite of its intended meaning. That's what the OP did -- he took a remark that wasn't intended to disparage the MBA degree, and turned it into something that did.
That's called sarcasm, whether wikipedia is your authoritative reference on the subject, or not.