> Well my disappearance is because you're a pain to talk toHey, honestly I'd love to refine my comments with an LLM to make them easier to read and follow, but that isn't allowed. I'd ask you to do it but you've already indicated that would be a pain, and I haven't asked as I already assumed the same. So, the best I can offer is my best-effort to contend with the language. I can empathize with you having to deal with my poor fluency, but English can't be everyone's native tongue, and you did understand that going into this. If it was that bothersome to you, why would you have replied at all? Actions speak louder than words.
> I could go into how referring to a nonspecific person by their job title is not dehumanizing them the way you claim
If you could, you would have already. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversation that will never happen is the epitome of bad faith participation. What are you trying to accomplish with that?
> and acting like nobody uses the upvote button...
I'm sure in the history of HN someone has pressed it accidentally, if that's what you mean? Nobody had pressed it on the specific comment you are referring to at the time of writing. And I am not sure why they would have. Was there something about that comment that would make you think someone would purposefully go out of their way press a button that does nothing for? I thought that would go without saying, but I will point out that it wasn't stated as an absolute. I did pose it as a question to open the opportunity for someone acting in good faith to provide an alternative perspective.
That said, we now have proof it was read and an alternative perspective never came, so, unless I was being trolled again, my assumption held up.