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by smazga 3172 days ago
So much condescension for an opinion. What exactly have you apointed yourself to teach me?

The original parent asked for an opinion, and I gave it. Perhaps hyperbolic, but also concise in its description.

It would not be “informative” for me to research anything, since I already know about the soy lecithin angle and didn’t think it was worth mentioning.

What makes each bar taste differently wasn’t part of the discussion until you brought it up, and you obviously have answers to that question, so there’s no need to belabor it.

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> It would not be “informative” for me to research anything, since I already know about the soy lecithin angle and didn’t think it was worth mentioning.

Whereas I would suggest it's precisely the kind of interesting insight that you should have shared, given its potential importance to the discussion, and the fact the word lecithin doesn't appear anywhere in TFA or HN comments (at the time).

Anyhoo, ultimately I did manage to learn something interesting from your 'where I'm standing right now there's shops nearby that sell chocolate that I like' contribution. So that's good.

Aside -- can hyperbole be concise? Brief, certainly. Concise to me suggests accuracy.