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I don't understand why this guy is getting down modded...I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask a question without incurring a penalty, regardless of how much you disagree with it.

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I wouldn't want us to set a precedent such that everyone formulate statements as questions to avoid the possibility of being modded down?

What about "listening to your users?"

It's not that people disagree, it's just that the question is stupid.

This is the kind of place I would have hoped people would know this sort of thing. It's kind of depressing to see such a stupid article at number 1.

@almost: an article can be stupid or smart, I didn't put it as no.1 - users does. If you think that his question is stupid and article is stupid and everything including super bowl is stupid - that means you don't match... take it easy

That's why it's depressing, the fact that it was number 1 for a bit means that a fair amount of users didn't understand it.

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