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Comment by EdSchouten | Hacker News Reader

Yeah, the responses written by the author are kind of weird. Here's another gem:

    Peter Bengtsson 02 October 2019
    Thanks for that mansplaining. I had no idea that there are more nuances to this.

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That's a great way of shutting down discussion without having to address any of the points AND has the advantage that it looks like you know all the subtleties.

The only downside of this technique is that people become less likely to collaborate or help you -- but who needs help when you have great techniques like this to fall back on?

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