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by dang 1578 days ago
> you should have

Please don't scold someone who's already in a shitty situation, or lecture them with the obvious. That breaks the HN guidelines, notably this one: "Be kind."

It's extremely easy to do this kind of thing on the internet and not as easy to realize the effect it has on people, and also on the community.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html