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		flomo on April 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Hacker News Guideline: Avoid Gratuitous Negati... Pedantic "corrections" that offer no additional value are seen as pretty contemptible behavior in real life, so you probably shouldn't make a habit of it.

Semiapies on April 3, 2015 [–]

This is either a non sequitur or a wildly uncharitable read of the remark you're replying to.

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