That pulls a bit of the rug out from under that unsteady pile of pattern-matching.
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I didn’t downvote it but I’d guess that one reason why some people did is that they thought it was rude and would prefer LW to be a more civil place.
(My initial reaction to your question about downvotes was: “Ah, I bet those people didn’t notice that the person being so rude was the same as the person whose ‘unsteady pile of pattern-matching’ they were being so rude about”—I was very surprised when I checked and found it was just garden-variety rudeness rather than self-deprecation.)
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Thank you, in advance for your help with this.
I didn’t downvote it but I’d guess that one reason why some people did is that they thought it was rude and would prefer LW to be a more civil place.
(My initial reaction to your question about downvotes was: “Ah, I bet those people didn’t notice that the person being so rude was the same as the person whose ‘unsteady pile of pattern-matching’ they were being so rude about”—I was very surprised when I checked and found it was just garden-variety rudeness rather than self-deprecation.)
I think it is self-deprecation, ie it refers to this not this.
Aha, I think you’re right. Score one for my intuitive self-deprecation sensors, then.
I have no idea. Upvoted for admitting you’re (more likely to be) wrong, though.
Well, it’s −1 now, since I often upvote comments with negative totals that I think don’t deserve them. Sorry that I can’t help you more!
Less worried about downvotes I’ve received, more interested in the things that lead to me getting them.
Thanks, though.