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		allenbrunson on July 24, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joel Spolsky: The Day My Industry Died As a matter of fact, the social mores around here prohibit insulting anybody. You can disagree, but it must be done respectfully.

smithjchris on July 24, 2009 [–]

I noticed. My last 4 posts have been a semi-trolling attempt to see how people react. It's a good indicator on if I can be bothered to read the comments in future.

allenbrunson on July 24, 2009 | [–]

Ahem. news.yc is not here for you to run experiments on. People who don't participate in good faith tend to get banned.

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