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Re:Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc by dang on Thursday May 23, 2024 @03:28PM (#40458886)
Please don't post like this, for a couple reasons: one is that it "never does any good and makes boring reading", as the site guidelines have said for many years: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

The other reason is that in cases where a comment didn't deserve to be downvoted (which you're right, was the case here), fair-minded users will usually come along and give the post a corrective upvote (https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...). Which fixes the problem except then comments like your reply here linger on as inaccurate—there's no garbage collector to take care of them.

Re:Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc by akaru on Thursday May 23, 2024 @08:17PM (#40461505)
I get it, and never post that. In this case, due to conflicts of interest, I think it is justified.
Re:Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc by pvg on Friday May 24, 2024 @09:08AM (#40465840)
I get it, and never post that.

You post like that (short grump) just about every time and you shouldn't.

Re:Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay, Inc by akaru on Friday May 24, 2024 @11:35AM (#40467233)
[Insert quote about casting the first stone]