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Welcome, or not, to the wonderful world of being shadow-banned. I get to keep my topcolor, which is the only demonstrable advantage of "high karma" so I keep this account. It's rea…

Hooray, pg expands his snake-oiled gaze from the merely avaristic to cover the entirety of the narcissistic! What could possibly go wrong? Yes, I know I am hell-banned; yes, it's e…

I'm dead on arrival on HN, but I have built this (complete with the concept of "personas") as part of my project to revive USENET.

Hi. Continuing to spread your ignorance is greatly welcomed.

Please follow this advice. I love you; you pay my rent.

[ I know I am dead, please don't bother. ] I literally cannot imagine a more tedious set of jobs than the ones presented here thus far. Nothing for people with technical interest; …

ITT: Hi, I don't understand economics. Yes, I know I am hell/shadow banned.

Correct, the secret ballot is inane. Even as a native-born American, I do not understand the love for secret ballots and democracy, in general. Would you accept secret voting in th…

I am a jerk-off. I communicate well, but I do not pretend it is one of my core competencies. And, yet, I have made millions of dollars being little more than a cog in the machine. …

Where is your $1B?

If you do not know of what you speak, do not speak. Yes I am "dead" for expressing this reason.

If you do not know of what you speak, do not speak. Yes I am "dead" for expressing this reason.

Which table?

> Quadfecta (is that a word?) In case you happen to read with show-dead on: it's a "superfecta."

Welcome to the Hellbanned club, soon!

If your service depends on unique usernames it is broken.

Yeah, no. Get over your false self of entitlement. It's not even slightly difficult to follow.

[Hopefully you've got showdead on.] I find this to be a somewhat odd position. I think it's much more morally defensible to argue for raising corporate taxes and eliminating capita…

For anyone who might be reading with showdead on: While a lot of people seem to attribute this quote to Robert Frost, possibly because of his poem "Mending Wall", this is actually …

It'd be cool if it worked the way the author describes, but for most situations I just don't see it happening. That is because you have too narrowly described "most situations." "M…

It's exceptionally unclear why people executes their down votes. I consider it worth my while to point out: "No you're not crazy, this really is as pointless as you think." If it s…