Are you replying to the wrong comment?

you say suck it fascist in response to DEI being removed, i say DEI would get canned by communists and fascists both, autofill the rest of the argument with some prose

> you say suck it fascist in response to DEI being removed,

Re-read the thread. They made a joke about acronyms.

initial comment - 'gitlab no more dei'

secondary comment - 'suck it fascist'

third comment - 'fascism and communism would both get rid of dei'

whereabouts did the room get misread?

Alas, it’s pretty obvious to everyone else that you tried to pick a fight by shoehorning your dubious, pre-formed argument into an inappropriate place. Better luck next time.

i was indeed trying to pick a fight, with gitlab, because i think its pathetic to pivot and abandon values for money, regardless as to those values, and regardless as to whether the abandonment is done by a human or a corporation. your comment was a convenient conversational entry point, as you made the scenario political, offering a chance for me to generalize to my point. thats the way i saw it anyway. did something in particular make you feel like a target?

Consider that the negative reaction to your (flagged, not by me) pompous, blathering comment has nothing to do with politics, or the point you failed to make. It didn’t make sense in context, was purposelessly accusatory, and generally added nothing to the conversation. I’m done explaining the obvious to you. If you don’t get it at this point, it’s because you’re not letting yourself get it. Go back to Reddit or X or wherever and pollute that space. It’s just not how HN works.

'no dei = suck it fascism' > 'both fascism/communism would get rid of dei, why is abandoning values good anyway' > 'fuck off you are polluting our forum'

between figuring out wtf happened here and letting it go ... option B thanks

> initial comment - 'gitlab no more dei'

You picked out a phrase of a larger post and misconstrued any response as applying that context. Trying to understand how it might be interpreted by other people is expected. What you've been doing is sometimes characterized as being myopic.

How other people read this exchange is trivial enough to summarize:

* initial comment - new acronym, less clever (CREDIT -> SQOMCO)

* secondard comment - "Suck it fascists" (contemporary/funny acronym)

* third comment - 'fascism and communism would both get rid of dei' (out of place)

I'm sorry that you didn't understand what was going on. Maybe you're embarrassed. The ongoing verbal vomit seems willful and pointless, but you do you.

so because its considered funny that no dei etc=suck it fascists, i cant discuss why the joke is incorrectly constructed to me. perhaps the right winger comparison was too much, perhaps the ongoing vomit was an attempt to elicit an explanation. either way you and the other guy did a terrible job at teaching your fellow human being lol