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by dang 1330 days ago
Whatever comments those were, they obviously aren't at all representative of this thread.

This kind of supercilious putdown often gets upvoted because everybody likes to feel superior, but then it sits at the top of the page (where I saw it), adding off-topic meta noise. Please don't do that.

Yes, there's a long tail of comments on the public internet, but to be on topic on HN, focus instead on things that are interesting.

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

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Maybe you should address the concern by removing dangerous medical info?
dang ftw - again
Giving out dangerous medical advice was on topic for the thread?

Yes my comment was intentionally an attempt to derail a dangerous thread, it worked for a bit and I'm glad it did.