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You are just asking for it.

q: “I’m struggling to understand your point, could you restate this in another way for me?”

a: 'Your self declared lack of understanding coding standards and basic principles explains "quality" of code you keep submitting'

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"You misunderstand. I'm struggling to understand your point because you've made it in a way that focuses more on challenging my intelligence than making yours known."

and if he retorts that one in the same way just key his car or something.

Yeah, or let him break down the metaphysics of quality for you - what does it mean to be high quality and why. And where in your coding standards or quality management system, are these statements backed up?

Lol this isn’t downton abbey - this is an incredibly weak response and you will come off looking weak and unhinged. Just be straight with the man. You’re being an asshole and I’m sick of it.

I'd look unhinged keying someone's car because they did a thumbs down emoji on my pull request? Please, do tell me more. :P

Word it in whatever way you want, that was just an off the top of my head example.

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