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Re:Oceans are turning greener due to climate change by eindiran on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:30PM (#36700385)
It may not be "trolling", but it definitely violates the spirit of the HN guidelines[0] (somehow hitting 3 out of 4 of the first comment guidelines -- failing the kindness test, snarkiness test, and editing out swipes test).

The comment OP called trolling would be much stronger and more interesting if it posted a "credible rebuttal" instead of being snarky and rude. If that hits an issue with the bullshit asymmetry principle[1] for you, downvote and move on with your life.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini%27s_law

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Re:Oceans are turning greener due to climate change by Nevermark on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:39PM (#36700509)
> And you’re pretty sure of that thanks to your expertise as a climate scientist?

I see your points but this comes over very low on the snarky scale to me.

It is also a point (that expertise matters) that for some reason seems to be especially overlooked in climate change discussions.

I also didn’t see how downvoting someone for not picking up on a point helps anything.

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