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Re^7: Snarky comments on the ddj perl quiz
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 30, 2007 at 00:38 UTC
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You're right, but you are wasting your time. Your post should never have been downvoted, but you will bang your head trying to get the kneejerks that did it, to explain their reasoning.
And you'll notice that all the posts subsequent to your mentioning XP are anonymous. Because, whilst they'll all say that "XP is unimportant", which you know and obviously do not care about as you have continued to argue your valid, intellectual point knowing full well that it is likely do garner more downvotes--it's called a principle--'they' all post anonymously because they are scared that they might loose some of that XP that they claim so vermently doesn't matter.
There are a lot of them (kneejerks) around here, without the logic to justify their opinions, or the balls to try.
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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Or maybe I just believe that voting is anonymous for a reason, and prefer not to reveal my identity on general principle. Arguably, I should've just let Argel wonder, but I decided to explain myself this time.
(For the record; I'm the author of the "can't tell time" and "5 days later" comments; I don't know who any of the other anonymous comments are, and had I realized this discussion would grow as much as it has, I would've used a handle on mine, as on this one.)
--c
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At least they are consistent. They see XP as important (whether or not they admit it), so a comment about a downvote, seen through their limited world view, must be about XP, not anything else.
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Votes are integral part of "XP System" ... it was "question" of "who did this anonymous action, explain it". Is every downvote supposed to get one such question? Run out of space
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You are right and I should know better by now but it's hard to let go sometimes and that is something I need to work on (so maybe some of those downvotes are warranted). Regardless, thanks for the support -- it is very much appreciated!
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