As I was willingly admitting a character flaw, I was silently wondering whether I'd get a comment from someone unable to not pounce on it.

Ask yourself what the point of your comment is. Are you really in a position to comment on another's character?

Don't do that.

> Are you really in a position to comment on another's character?

> Don't do that.

You literally just fucking did that.

Of course.

Such cheap attacks don't have to be tolerated and it's perfectly fair to point them out for what they are.

I didn't seek out a random comment to take a potshot at - you directly replied to me with a comment that contains nothing but a mean-spirited dig.

Yeah, now I definitely have questions about your character.

You broke the site guidelines repeatedly in this thread. Please don't do that, and please avoid tit-for-tat spats, regardless of how wrong or provocative someone else is being or you feel they are.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

You broke the site guidelines repeatedly in this thread. Please don't do that, and please avoid tit-for-tat spats, regardless of how wrong or provocative someone else is being or you feel they are.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Go reply to the parent comment with that.