Y
Hacker News
new
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
by
dmonitor
1196 days ago
the second best life hack is to block the person your arguing with so that they can’t respond and you guarantee getting the last word
2 comments
silisili
1196 days ago
Or reply with a short slam dunk, then delete the comment. They'll see the notification and be able to read it, but can't reply.
link
caconym_
1196 days ago
This is how blocking works now. They changed it sometime relatively recently.
Utterly deranged.
link
dmonitor
1196 days ago
blocking is even better because everyone else can read it too, so it just looks like the blocked person had no response to the comment and accepted “defeat”
link
hotpotamus
1196 days ago
I would think any seasoned Reddit argumentarian would have an alt or two they could reply to you with.
link
johnnyanmac
1196 days ago
I beleive it and have seen it. But it's never happened to me in my ~8-9 years on the site. I guess I lucked out.
link