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Of the very few things in life that are simple and straightforward, the matter of which things people actually choose in their lives are not one of them.

For instance, you could just as easily chosen to write a completely different comment. But alas, you did not.

If every company does it then it's not just about cell phone or whatever, is it? In particular, you would have no employment.

For the record, GP post was edited and is not what I responded to. Originally it was the "no one is holding a gun to your head" argument. Because as we know, guns are the only thing in the world capable of constraining freedom /s

> I’m out.

So do you admit you're wrong to the degree you think your comments shouldn't be seen? Or can you just not stand the downvotes?

I think withdrawing and mass deleting half of a conversation is kinda bad form.

Yes, he admits. Go through his comment history and it's nothing but unsubstantive and/or snarky remarks. I wish there was a way to detect these people at a glance so that I'd have saved myself the time. Maybe a metric like karma per year? Very gameable, but maybe better than nothing? This guy's account is 7 years old and has 3k karma. Or maybe karma per comment.