>I'd suggest less snark, you're not doing yourself any favors.

Why do people feel the need to jump in and police tone like this? Who are you? You're not doing yourself any favours, either.

>common literary technique to emphasize a point.

"Common" is a stetch, and who cares.

> Why do people feel the need to jump in and police tone like this?

From the community guidelines(https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html): "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes."

> Who are you?

A member of the community.

> Why do people feel the need to jump in and police tone like this?

Did you know that more information is communicated via tone than words?

This irritates me. What was the point of THEIR comment? To be cunty? It absolutely was NOT a productive comment. They were being an ass. And you’re defending them being an ass, asking me who I am like I’m somehow not allowed to point out someone being a cunt unless I have some type of status symbol of which you need to approve. At this point I can only fathom you’re a coworker or friend of theirs, hence the defense. Nothing else makes sense.

No idea who the person is who defended what I said. If they're a co-worker of mine, I don't know who it is.

The original purpose of my comment was to, in a light-hearted way, point out redundant information, not to incite a flame war about tone on HN.

This thread reminds me of why I don't come here very often.