Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by TeMPOraL 3047 days ago
> Sometimes I can’t tell if people here you included are intentionally misreading things to further their agenda.

More likely, sometimes people are just tired, distracted, or after consumption of alcohol/drugs.

Personally, every other week I find myself writing a comment - sometimes long - and then deleting it a minute later, after re-reading the comment I was replying to and realizing I completely misunderstood it, and/or was arguing against a strawman of my own creation. And every other month I have a comment wrt. which I realize my mistake only few hours later.