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Please don't cross into regional slurs. "This place shouldn't exist" is a step into that, and we need users not to go there here.

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I was born in Montana. I lived in Montana. That restaurant probably hasn't made a profit in 30 years and they are asking $250k for it.

I understand, and had a feeling that that was where you were coming from. Unfortunately, though, the internet doesn't distinguish between regional (or ethnic or other) slurs made by the people from that place (or group) vs. the garden-variety nasty sort—so the burden is on you to disambiguate. Otherwise we end up with the same kind of flamewar either way.

1) I was referring to the restaurant. 2) I'm from Montana.

You should just apologize that you didn't understand my comment rather than try to over explain it.

It's true that by "this place shouldn't exist" I thought you were referring to more than just the restaurant.

The thing is, though, that the burden is on you to disambiguate, otherwise we end up with the same kind of flamewar. I don't think that's overexplaining at all. You didn't do it, so some explanation is necessary, and this is standard HN moderation. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

You are the one who started the flamewar by accusing me of something I didn't say. It was clear in my comment that every time I said "this place" I was referring to the restaurant. I used the phrase "this place" three times in my original comment, all three referring to the restaurant.

Just apologize for accusing me of something that I didn't do and I will move on.

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