[dubfan]

I hate to be that guy, but...

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

[sp332]

Yeah, I considered that. But government workers protesting is definitely a new thing. I think it's a significant development in the movement.

[dalke]

I think you can discount dubfan's comment somewhat. That account, for example, recently participated in one of the many recent Watson Nobel prize threads and last year submitted 'New York Soon to Trail Florida in Population'. There's no clear reason why those threads are any more on topic than your submission. ... and now the submission's been flagkilled.

[dragonwriter]

I hate to be that guy, but, from the same source:

Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.

[politician]

I hate to be that guy, but, I'm voting both of you down for hijacking the thread _and_ violating the rules by talking about it!

[dragonwriter]

At the cost of a further tangent, strictly speaking, the guidelines don't say anything about not posting comments complaining that comments are inappropriate, only about not posting comments saying submissions are inappropriate.

[akiselev]

Fatal error: recursion limit reached.