Let's make it a place for civilized discourse instead... shall we?

PS there was an actual point there. You can disagree if you want I guess, but meta discussions are always stupid - post the disagreement instead.

What was it?

Not that I would claim I always manage to instill poigniancy into my jibes.

The problem with sarcasm is that it insulates you from having to make an argument yourself. All you have to do is mimic your opponent and make them sound ridiculous. It's almost inherently a straw man fallacy unless it is exceptionally careful.

If you can't use sarcasm you're forced to state what you believe in positive terms, which makes for much more fruitful discussion. It's like the "passive voice" of argumentation. There are some cases where you just have to, but your writing gets better if you categorically avoid it.

(Yes, I know, subjective, blah blah blah. I don't care.)

Seriously. Who came up with the moronic idea that people somehow "deserve" to know what time it is?

Of course, if you want to show up on time, on the correct day, you'll also need to license out access to our date server, in addition to the time server.

Only a pinko commie would think that privately-owned intellectual property like this should be free.

HN being a site full of entrepeneurs I often see concepts about society and rights where I feel sick in my stomach, so your post did not seem very unusual to me.