top | item 34284798 (no title) bbbbb5 | 3 years ago An user asked me "You know this will cause more emigration right?" How is an affirmative answer supposed to be flamebait or unsubstantive? I would definitely love to hear those arguments. discuss order hn newest dang|3 years ago Ideological battle pejoratives are markers of ideological battle, which is not what this site is for.Meta comments going on about what got downvoted or what got flagged are also off topic.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html bbbbb5|3 years ago Wait, now it sounds like you're discussing the parent comment in this thread and not it's sibling comment.I thought that this was the comment we are discussing:>> You know this will cause more emigration right?>So? That's awesome!How is that "arguably flamebait"? It's just an enthusiastically affirmatory response to an yes/no question. load replies (1)
dang|3 years ago Ideological battle pejoratives are markers of ideological battle, which is not what this site is for.Meta comments going on about what got downvoted or what got flagged are also off topic.https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html bbbbb5|3 years ago Wait, now it sounds like you're discussing the parent comment in this thread and not it's sibling comment.I thought that this was the comment we are discussing:>> You know this will cause more emigration right?>So? That's awesome!How is that "arguably flamebait"? It's just an enthusiastically affirmatory response to an yes/no question. load replies (1)
bbbbb5|3 years ago Wait, now it sounds like you're discussing the parent comment in this thread and not it's sibling comment.I thought that this was the comment we are discussing:>> You know this will cause more emigration right?>So? That's awesome!How is that "arguably flamebait"? It's just an enthusiastically affirmatory response to an yes/no question. load replies (1)
dang|3 years ago
Meta comments going on about what got downvoted or what got flagged are also off topic.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
bbbbb5|3 years ago
I thought that this was the comment we are discussing:
>> You know this will cause more emigration right?
>So? That's awesome!
How is that "arguably flamebait"? It's just an enthusiastically affirmatory response to an yes/no question.