The burden of proof is in the one making a claim. It's not a personal attack to question whether a quip if this sort was just an idle thought especially when their claim accompanied no evidence. Please be more factually accurate next time and not so quick to slander with false rule violation claims.
>Unsubstantiated personal attacks are not welcome here.
If I'm going to burn my account with that kind of rule violations it will be a seething insult to get my money worth to the point whatever indiscretion you perceive seems utterly tame. Please.
>Reddit
Reddit style false rules violation smear campaigns (often designed as way to censor an unliked opinion) are exactly the 'contribution' your comment brings. Congrats for this message presenting what you purported to avoid!
Cool, so this is basically reddit. Calling someone asshole is fine so long as as you feel your argument or superiority (or at least popular opinion) is sound.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
A more constructive comment would be: “Actually, it’s not that expensive, here is evidence to back up my claim or experience…”