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ksk on Dec 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fuck the Cloud (2009)

It's rather interesting that HN mods allow posts with this kind of language but the moment you are even mildly critical of a comment or commenter, you get a warning about language. I guess the thinking is we look the other way as long as its not hosted on the ycombinator domain.

nekopa on Dec 21, 2015 | [–]

I think it's more he (the article) is saying fuck to an idea, not a flesh and blood person (as when responding to a comment).

Also, it is possible to have civil debate around a profanity riddled article. That's what this site is trying to achieve.

sneak on Dec 21, 2015 | [–]

What the fuck are you talking about?

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