[ljm]

The story of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone is lost on many in this thread.

[thaumasiotes]

The sword in the stone really isn't the right story here; you want Arthur receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.

[ryandrake]

...her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water...

(Couldn’t resist)

[gumby]

Honestly as I kid I thought that she would be clad in slime -- but I still would eagerly have grabbed the cutlery.

[qohen]

s/silmite/samite

Per Wikipedia[0]:

Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samite

[xamlhacker]

So is the Monty Python reference.

[jacobmoe]

Oh, now we see the violence inherent in the system.

[theoh]

Anonymous downvoting is the violence of HN (and it's probably a lot more antisocial than we admit). Politely pointing out errors is... well, it's something else. Probably at least OK. Sorry I don't have a Monty Python line for this comment.

[kwhitefoot]

> probably a lot more antisocial than we admit).

More like definitely. What function does downvoting really perform anyway? And what function is it supposed to perform? I see lots of perfectly reasonable comments going grey with no explanation at all.

[anon49124]

Yes, sigh. Cyberdisinhibitionism: accountability and boundaries are reduced, lack of impact seen for committing such repressive acts leads to it.

Next on front-page HN:

How sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes

[anon49124]

Help, help, I'm being repressed!

[ljm]

Touché :)