Well it's true that I lose pathos (and ethos), and generally come across as a dick, but in my experience and congruent with this site's target audience, readers here give logos a disproportionate value anyway.
And maybe I did make the wrong choice when I compared him to myself, it's not about me - but the GP implied an argument about my lack of experience and hence reduced value of my statement. I should just stop arguing on the internet all together, really - it's a no-win situation.
Not entirely: I enjoyed reading your comments here (and I agree with them).
It's a warm welcome amidst all the American 'work work work work work life balance' culture that's prevalent on HN (for understandable reasons, after all, most of HN is American).
There's no point in telling each other all the time how you can't do a startup (or good/interesting software work in general) unless you put in 70 hour weeks for two years straight, so I like reading the occasional counter argument, such as yours here.
And maybe I did make the wrong choice when I compared him to myself, it's not about me - but the GP implied an argument about my lack of experience and hence reduced value of my statement. I should just stop arguing on the internet all together, really - it's a no-win situation.