Comments on: People are twice as smart as they talk, three times as smart as they write

By: bootload

bootload — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:21:58 +0000

"... This is, perhaps, why the internet is so full of assholes who think they’re the smartest person in the room. If you have a look at the comment section of almost any piece of content, at least half the comments tend to be some snide implication that the commenter is smarter than the author. ..."

I won't say I'm particularly smart, but I tend to agree with your point on commentators and comments: cf ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1151777

How do you limit the "sig to noise" and still allow comments?

By: abdusalaam

abdusalaam — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:15:55 +0000

That's a very smart thing to say, which makes me afraid to say anything more.

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By: Eli

Eli — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:08:19 +0000

I like the title!

By: Nebūtinai 42

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By: Adam Bard

Adam Bard — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:32:45 +0000

@Brent: That is just the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put!

~Winston Churchill, approximately

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:44:06 +0000

Para. I – Prepositions are not good to end sentences with.
Perhaps you should rethink all of this.