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A shout-out and thank-you to the transphobes who downvoted this without replying and explaining why they hate trans people so much, proving my point that they know they're wrong and don't have a leg to stand on to justify their bigotry, because their arguments and justifications for their hatred won't withstand scrutiny. If I've convinced them to finally shut the fuck up and instead just silently downvote in shame without commenting, then at least that's a step in the right direction.

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I didn't downvote, but your original comment is (to me at least) an unreadable, massive wall of links and quotes, that's hard to scan visually for a hint of its content, taking up unusually many screen-fuls on my mobile client.

This is only conjecture, but maybe some people who downvoted wanted to signal that they would have preferred a contribution that is more inviting and accessible to the reader.

I felt similarly. The OP was too long and unreadable. Not liking the comment has nothing to do with transphobia.

Don is HN's unofficial historian of the computing industry, much of which he has personally witnessed or been a part of. His comments may be long but offer a wealth of background on the subjects where he can be bothered to comment on, if you think this is too long I wonder how you look at books and what you would improve to make the comment more readable, for me it is perfectly fine.

Downvotes are meaningless internet points and it's always a mistake to worry about them.

Actually it's because your style of commenting is only a small step away from that of the TempleOS guy. Maybe calm down a bit, be a bit more concise instead of subjecting us to walls of yawn and then going off on one ranting about it when other users signal their disinterest. I mean come on man, no-one wants to read all this.

Novelty accounts used for personal attacks. Bleh.

You're deranged.

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