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		Waterluvian on Jan 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe i... This is almost too polite to be Stack Exchange satire.

Vicinity9635 on Jan 18, 2024 | [–]

I feel like a lot of commenters here mistake passive-aggression for politness.

Waterluvian on Jan 18, 2024 | | [–]

Well I guess some of us just have a higher tolerance for passive-aggression.

… ;)

kkoncevicius on Jan 18, 2024 | [–]

Nowadays it seems like every other comment on Stack Exchange is full of forced and phony politeness. That's in their rules too.

CRConrad on Jan 22, 2024 | [–]

A bit like HN in that regard.

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