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Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?

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Re: Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?

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Post by hugh »

mellow wrote: post #8
wesley wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, your Obama question was retarded. Sorry, I'm being honest.

To be fair, POTUS is one of the most important people in the World. His team should be reading news.ycombinator.com for many (I would have thought, obvious) reasons.

OK, now I suspect you're a troll, and that tsetse-fly is some kind of sock-puppet, and that you really need to think of something better to do with your time than this.

update: No, now I come to look at it, tsetse-fly has been around for a while and made some sensible comments, so probably isn't a sockpuppet. mellow, on the other hand, is 14 days old and has mostly posted rubbish.

Re: Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?

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Post by davidw »

wesley wrote: post #6
alex_c wrote: post #3

Context: http://news.ycombinator.net/item?id=366128

To be fair, your Obama question was retarded. Sorry, I'm being honest.

Can't you think of a better put-down than "retarded"? It's one of those nasty things to say that show the truth to the phrase "don't get into an argument with an idiot, lest people have trouble discerning which one is the idiot". Not to mention that it's apparently offensive to people who have friends and family who suffer from Down Syndrome.

Let's see... brainstorming...

"Your query regarding the probability of the Obama team dedicating any time to a niche technology site demonstrates a lack of connection to reality usually associated with people who have recently ingested large quantities of mind-altering substances."

I'm sure that could be improved upon, but this isn't really the appropriate place for that sort of thing.

Re: Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?

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Post by mellow »

jrockway wrote: post #14

I read this as: Ask YC: Should I post a whiny "Ask YC" whenever someone disagrees with me? It really hurts my feelings, and I think everyone else should be banned from the forum.

LOL!

What I meant was: 'Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?'

Nice interpolation there, jrockway.

Re: Ask YC: Should we flag Trolls?

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Post by mellow »

davidw wrote: post #13
wesley wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, your Obama question was retarded. Sorry, I'm being honest.

Can't you think of a better put-down than "retarded"? It's one of those nasty things to say that show the truth to the phrase "don't get into an argument with an idiot, lest people have trouble discerning which one is the idiot". Not to mention that it's apparently offensive to people who have friends and family who suffer from Down Syndrome. Let's see... brainstorming... "Your query regarding the probability of the…

I agree.
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