Please don&#x27;t be sneaky in phrasing it. Instead, edit it out. Sneaky rudeness is a worse problem on HN than outright rudeness is, because it&#x27;s more insidious. Outright rudeness at least tends to get flagged.<p>&gt; I was responding to rudeness in kind.<p>Maybe so. But most everyone feels that way, so it&#x27;s not an ok reason to break the rules.