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The reason I was pissed off was the patronizing "you may want to do a little research". Not that he/she didn't know I had been on Isotreninoin.
I still think you are interpreting the statement as being far more condescending than it possibly is. You didn't mention it, it seemed relevant, so someone pointed it out, assumed you didn't know about it because you didn't mention it, and suggested you look it up. I read it as trying to be informative, not condescending. More than a few upvotes on my response leads me to believe others interpreted it similarly. Mayb…
Sure, it's possible. In fact, I'd say it's definite. I would never deny that I'm biased because of my life experiences with isotretinoin (which I knew as Accutane).
But by the same token, csomar is equally biased because of his/her negative life experiences with isotreninoin, as he mentions elsewhere [1].
And I don't know how else to interpret "You may want to do a little research" except as condescension. I guess if csomar is not a native English speaker, it's possible that's not how it was intended. But no native English speaker would write a statement like that without the desire to be arrogant, condescending and superior.
So the smart person will discount what we're both saying and do his/her own research, paying particular attention to published peer-reviewed research by neutral researchers.
But I think a thoughtful person with some numeric literacy will quickly see that the issue is not as black/white as csomar has painted it.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8280603
EDIT: I've already spent far too much time on this, so I can't respond to anymore replies. If someone makes a particularly good point against me, then I concede the argument.