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>>limeli+(OP)
It's a funny trend in recent years that people are so offended by the opinions and ideas of others that they cannot bare to expose themselves to anything that person has to say.

Discourse and logical thinking are the basis of modern society and all of it's afforded comforts. If the inventors of the past had coddled themselves in a hugbox for their entire lives we would still be saying things along the lines of "A train can never go more than 10 miles an hour", "there wont be a market for more than 10 computers in the world", and "you wont ever need more than 64k of ram" because there would have been no one who would have heard--or even said for that matter--"No!"

If someone disagrees with you, just explain your points rationally and calmly. If it something you are passionate about, like the OP has pointed out in https://xkcd.com/386/, then isn't it worth the 15 minutes it will take to explain your viewpoint as I am doing here?

>>gravyp+Ya
The problem is not those who say "A train can never go more than 10 miles an hour". The problem is (for example) the users who, on any story ever which mentioned women, trot out multiple posts on how women are actually the source of all problems in tech, and are oppressing men. There is also (in my experience) no point trying to have a discussion with such people.

It gets tiring to read such posts, and after the first couple they provide no value. Why not skip them?

>>CJeffe+ze
Well, for starters, they may have useful and valuable contributions on stories which aren't about the hotbutton issues on which you find their opinions disagreeable.

>>cheald+cf
I agree cheald and I'd like to build upon your stipulation. CJefferson, I disagree with you on this account but I do agree with your position from the "A Hand-Drawn QR Code Alternative" from a few days ago.

Had I not been able to come to the conclusion you had on my own, I might have endorsed something that was ultimately worse than another solution.