[divbzero]

> It’s not just about being careful and precise, but about being super defensive to avoid the most uncharitable possible reading.

That’s a shame because one of HN’s explicit guidelines [1] is to respond to the “strongest possible interpretation of what someone says”.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[krapp]

It wouldn't need to be a guideline if it was already common behavior.