[ohr]

(author here): on the contrary, my point is that I was wrong(ish), and I often think about that before I get angry at other people on the internet.

The other point is that there's (usually) no need to choose between good moderation and civility, and at least IMO "blatantly off-topic and should be deleted" really fails at being civil.

[shprd]

> "blatantly off-topic and should be deleted" really fails at being civil.

How would you express that instead? There was nothing harsh said here. Is it the word "blatantly"?

[ohr]

well yes! also calling an answer which mentions c++ as well “off-topic”, it’s not like I wrote a haiku about marmalade.

And why insist on deleting if people found it useful? It’s literally at the bottom of the page, so it’s not a public menace or anything.