In this case I believe it is warranted. I fully support OP's emotional take.
HN has been hit with lots of runoff from these reddit-dwelling mouthbreathers lately and it's turned this place into a downvote machine for any comment not towing the populist anti-intellectual party line.
Poisoning the well adjacent behavior rather than actually taking issue with anything said by the content truly illustrates how intellectual a take OP had with his "everyone's a retard and the internet sucks" take.
Would you dignify timecube with a measured response? I wouldn't - I would call it out for the drivel it is, assign it the ridicule it rightfully deserves, and move on, as I have done here.
The belligerent name-calling only further degenerates quality of discourse. Consider detonating your emotions in a more responsible blast-radius.
In this case I believe it is warranted. I fully support OP's emotional take.
HN has been hit with lots of runoff from these reddit-dwelling mouthbreathers lately and it's turned this place into a downvote machine for any comment not towing the populist anti-intellectual party line.
Poisoning the well adjacent behavior rather than actually taking issue with anything said by the content truly illustrates how intellectual a take OP had with his "everyone's a retard and the internet sucks" take.
Would you dignify timecube with a measured response? I wouldn't - I would call it out for the drivel it is, assign it the ridicule it rightfully deserves, and move on, as I have done here.
Then downvote or flag the thread and move on? Not everyone wants to be exposed to disablist vitriol, no matter how toxic the hellstew runoff is.
but but but but... engagement!!!