You Are in a Box

Re:You Are in a Box by vinceguidry on Monday July 14, 2025 @02:07PM (#44563326)

What I find pretentious is the legion of commenters who can't find anything better to comment on and instead pretend they're smart by nitpicking some stylistic choice in the most low-effort way possible.

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Re:You Are in a Box by happytoexplain on Monday July 14, 2025 @02:33PM (#44563646)

Classic case of "you're pretentious", "no, you're pretentious". It's exhausting how often we reach for the word "pretentious" when we have bitter feelings about one person's opinion of another person or their work.

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Re:You Are in a Box by vinceguidry on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @09:05AM (#44570716)

I just used it because he did. My real feeling was exhaustion. More of those comments than comments about the subject matter of the post. Like going to a swimming meet as a pro and finding it full of kids instead.

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Re:You Are in a Box by mgdev on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @08:03PM (#44577255)

I was trying to be ironical.

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