[Phlarp]

Notice how other people in this thread can level criticisms at both the topic of discussion and towards one another while flying their own handle?

Notice how you cannot do this?

[throwaway435232]

given that my main point is that this level of discourse is totally inappropriate for hackernews, there is no reason I would engage in this. it's like feeding a troll. if there were something substantial to discuss, that would be a different story.