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		tomc1985 on Feb 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust It indicates a mocking, over-the-top tone to indicate the high level of contempt I have for my originally-stated paraphrase (and the people who have caused software dev decisionmaking to be that way). So yes, I think it does add to the discussion.

boring_twenties on Feb 5, 2020 [–]

It's annoying to read, so while it does get across the mocking tone, the reaction of annoyance at the author is far stronger.

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