So You Signed A Term Sheet? You’re Not Out Of The Woods Yet

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14 points·jordancooper··6 comments

(p.s. i don’t use spell check…deal with it)

No link. No further explanation. Nothing for me to distinguish this from laziness or irrationality.

If you're not going to use spell check, please turn your autocorrection off. Otherwise, I don't know how one can explain confusing "their" and "they're."

Yup. I started reading, found myriad writing errors and thought "who is this guy?" Found that sentence in the bio. Stopped reading altogether.

Why should I deal with it? That's your first impression? That you're arrogant and unhelpful? I really don't think I want advice from someone like that - why should I believe you know enough to give good advice if you can't even write properly?

you shouldn't...go sign a term sheet with someone you can't trust to be reasonable in round 2 negotiations because I'm not a good speller... i love it when snarky people on hacker news diminish honest and candid advice through the criticism of inane points.

One could be a bad speller, but still be conscientious about editing and be civic-minded enough to use a spell checker. If someone doesn't mind decreasing the S/N ratio of the web by failing to do the above, one is free to make that choice. I wouldn't trust such a person.

(Exercise to the student: Does it logically follow that I disagree with the advice? That's another symptom right there.)

best of luck in all your endeavors

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