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mynameisvladyesterday at 9:23 PM1 replyview on HN

> You probably mean necromancy.

You:

> I probably did not. Then I would have written that. They are fucking over the dead. They are clearly not communicating with the dead.

A less snarky and hostile version:

> I actually didn't! I specifically meant that they are fucking over the dead.

Pretty much the same content, and it makes you sound like you actually want to interact with other people. Even in your paragraph long explanation you do quite a few things that are just unnecessarily hostile. It's clearly just the way you talk, but it also doesn't mean you shouldn't work on improving it.

> For myself, I think the comment I replied to could have been phrased as a question rather than a statement.

Then you should have (politely) said it.


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jacquesmyesterday at 9:30 PM

Thank you. I'm 60+ and I think I'm past saving, but I appreciate your effort to tone police HN.

As well as your own exemplary behavior:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653114

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45505708

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45334298

And probably others besides.

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