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by aardshark 2018 days ago
So what? The comment is totally off topic and contributes nothing except to call the guy an idiot. The Github issue is not the right place to do that.
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Bug trackers are no place to even post the sort of message that OP posted to begin with. Once you permit that, then all bets are off on trying to keep out stuff that's "off topic".

Dealing with people is sometimes annoying. Give anyone anything with a text box attached to a carrier than can convey a message, and it will devolve into people treating it like email or a general purpose message board(). Such is life in the GitHubiverse.

(even ostensibly smart people who should be capable of dealing with semantic nuance, like people who write code)

I'd call that the workaround patch for others who are exposed to the bug. (/s)
I agree that the comment is a bit harsh but it may add something to the discussion. Hopefully it is a warning to others to not go this path.

Where else would you leave such a warning if not in the actual thread?

If watching someone lose $50k USD equivalent doesn't prevent someone else from doing this sort of thing, a random internet meanie will definitely not dissuade them.
Random internet meanie aside, if this happened to a friend or a family member, I would absolutely try to explain to them that they were an idiot for putting their life savings into crypto in the first place.