Not cool. That crosses the line into incivility.<p>I know you like to stay as close to the line as you can get without crossing it—which is far better than crossing it—but I wish you wouldn&#x27;t. Your posts would be much better if you would show readers the respect of simply taking that edge out. They&#x27;re literally edgy, and this acts as a low-grade provocation even when you&#x27;re not technically saying anything abusive. This is not the way to bring the best out of your interlocutors and fellow users, and it&#x27;s still a toxin in HN&#x27;s environment, even if it&#x27;s below the legal level.<p>Instead, you should optimize for overall thread quality, which I&#x27;m sure you could do if you wanted to. There&#x27;s some variant of the principle of charity in here somewhere.