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by kbenson 3403 days ago
The implicit assumption you are making is that a comment can contain only one thing. Something like the following would be both perfectly acceptable and moving the conversation in a good direction, IMO:

So fucking awesome.

By the way, how do you do X? Whenever I've tried I always run into problem Y. Also, I'm interested in your thoughts on Z.

The initial congratulatory statement used profanity for effect and to convey emotion, but in a positive way. The following statement(s) are specifically contributing to and flushing out the conversation. 85% toxic according to them (but helpfully it did allow me to correct them, so maybe they'll get better).