[barfbagginus]

I'm not sure why people are downvoting me. Not only did I show Op how to solve the original problem their friends had, but I gave them an Ethics lesson.

Some people look at pearls and turn into swine, just because I didn't tickle their bellies. It's a shame. This idea that unless someone can save face, they have to reject the lesson whole cloth... It's costly to our culture. When someone is right, just update and correct your beliefs, and feel no shame.

[radlad]

> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

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

That being said, you may be being downvoted in part due to your tone: you accuse OP of dishonesty/stupidity ("you and your friends are either lying or really ignorant"), berate people who disagree with you ("Some people look at pearls and turn into swine") and disregard anyone with a differing viewpoint ("nobody with any sense or perspective will support it.")