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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?

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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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