I don&#x27;t see anything inflammatory about their style. They are just being straightforward and laconic.<p>HN down-voters (the old-timers) are such a sensitive bunch.<p>Students in Mizzou can yell at their professors as they throw their tantrums and no one dares bring them down to civil discourse; be laconic in a HN forum and you get downvoted for not being sensitive to old-timers&#x27; feelings.