Adele_L comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Adele_L 13 July 2013 05:24:01PM *  20 points [-]

Hey, I think your tone here comes across as condescending, which goes against the spirit of a 'stupid questions' thread, by causing people to believe they will lose status by posting in here.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 13 July 2013 05:29:22PM 20 points [-]

Fair point. My apologies. Getting rid of the first sentence.

Comment author: Adele_L 13 July 2013 09:52:16PM 10 points [-]

Thanks!

Comment author: wwa 13 July 2013 05:55:41PM 0 points [-]

data point: I didn't parse it as condescending at all.

Comment author: Adele_L 13 July 2013 09:52:30PM 4 points [-]

Did you read it before it was rephrased?

Comment author: wwa 14 July 2013 09:56:04AM 3 points [-]

Ah, I see there was a race condition. I'll retract my comment.

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