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Been a while since I've been called a smug prick. Thanks!

I'm sorry, I didn't know that there was a better term for the guy that suggests people don't like Zed Shaw because he's better than them and they're jealous, when the man in question used to title his site "ZED'S SO FUCKING AWESOME" and spent his time telling people they could suck his dick.

Responding to multiple people with the snide "I guess I'm a smug prick" doesn't help things either.

Lighten up.

Sorry; I wasn't trying to offend. For what it's worth, I didn't downvote your original comment. You were at 0 and I thought your post was worth a debate.

It was smug of you to suggest that we didn't like Zed because of feelings of inferiority, but my response was not intended to be a personal insult in any way.

HN lightened up your comment

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is an idiotic thing to say; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

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