I would guess GP meant silicone tools, silicone being a kind of plastic.

I realize thay, but IMO they should have been more specific then. 99.9% of people dont realize plastic utensils that arent designed specifically for high temperature heat resistance are, yknow, super unhealthy and ending up in their body

imagine if i had not included silicone. your counterargument only serves to try to justify op's ambiguity

but who am i kidding? this is HN. you probably only care about feeling superior ;)

So, they should have been more specific so you don’t get worked up and come in guns blazing with epic sarcasm and no charity. Let’s hope they learned their lesson.

they should have been more specific because "just use plastic" is terrible advice. there are many types of plastic and most things called plastic utensils are not silicone. okay..? "just use bamboo" however is not easily capable of becoming terrible advice because there arent many types of bamboo utensils people cook with and all of them are safe unless adultered.

i didnt realize i was being so outlandish. hn is known for what i described. and yes i do hope some people learn to prioritize the actual result instead of wanting to beat others down with rhetorical skill. we're talking about affecting people's lives here, while representing to others that we have a clue.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.

please do that with me then - I said what I said for a valid reason not elsewhere addresssed