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> This story... is neither a story for the faint of heart nor for the critical of mouth. If you're easily offended, or prone to being a disagreeable knave in blog comments, please stop reading now.

That's a neat trick, limiting your blog post to people who won't be critical of it.

[mikeash]

You ignored the most important word in the message when crafting your reply. Which, amusingly, means you're exactly the target of that message.

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I'm honestly not sure which word you're referring to.

[mikeash]

"Knave." In other words, he said "if you're just a combative jerk, stay away" but you managed to read it as "if you disagree, stay away".

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Knave doesn't mean combative, it means deceitful (or servant/worker which I doubt he means here). The most important phrase in my reading is "critical of mouth."

Also, reading a paragraph wrong doesn't make a person a combative jerk. Nor does being critical.

[mikeash]

No, but going out of your way to be offended certainly qualifies.