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Comment by ljm | Hacker News Reader

The story of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone is lost on many in this thread.

The sword in the stone really isn't the right story here; you want Arthur receiving Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake.

...her arm clad in the purest shimmering silmite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water...

(Couldn’t resist)

Honestly as I kid I thought that she would be clad in slime -- but I still would eagerly have grabbed the cutlery.

s/silmite/samite

Per Wikipedia[0]:

Samite was a luxurious and heavy silk fabric worn in the Middle Ages, of a twill-type weave, often including gold or silver thread.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samite

So is the Monty Python reference.

Oh, now we see the violence inherent in the system.

Help, help, I'm being repressed!

Anonymous downvoting is the violence of HN (and it's probably a lot more antisocial than we admit). Politely pointing out errors is... well, it's something else. Probably at least OK. Sorry I don't have a Monty Python line for this comment.

Yes, sigh. Cyberdisinhibitionism: accountability and boundaries are reduced, lack of impact seen for committing such repressive acts leads to it.

Next on front-page HN:

How sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes

> probably a lot more antisocial than we admit).

More like definitely. What function does downvoting really perform anyway? And what function is it supposed to perform? I see lots of perfectly reasonable comments going grey with no explanation at all.

Touché :)

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