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by RileyKyeden
3435 days ago
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Not a single one of your interpretations of my words was correct. Take a deep breath and read again, with the understanding that I'm not making a... > complaint It was a simple, honest, friendly suggestion on word choice from one writer to another. This was a professional courtesy, not the rabid screed you misread it as. What I did is constructive criticism, something I see lauded here a lot at HN, and with good reason. You misread it as something very different. You can either read again, interpreting it in a reasonable manner, or you can take your own advice: > Try getting over it maybe? And move on. Either way, my participation in this thread is over. I'm not sure if you're the author of the piece, but you're behaving the way an inexperienced writer does the first time they receive anything other than praise, and I find it very annoying (which means you're probably not the author, given his credentials). Bye. :) |
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There's no other way to interpret it. You spoke quite clearly. I challenge you to find one person who would interpret it any differently than I did.
> It was a simple, honest, friendly suggestion...
No it wasn't. It was a complaint. You said "...presumption that the reader is a straight male implicit in that question that bugs me."
> Take a deep breath...
Says the guy who gets bugged that somebody said the word "girlfriend" and then proceeds to complain about it on HN...
That's hilarious.
> ...or you can take your own advice...
I didn't get annoyed by something so ridiculous in the first place, so there's really nothing for me to "get over".
I don't mind refuting and correcting people like you. It needs to be done or else we'll end up in a world where nobody can be themselves.
> Either way, my participation in this thread is over.
Good. Next time you should really consider participating in the first place if all you have to add is that "something bugs me".