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1. Razengan · 1791033994 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. mohamedkoubaa · 1791034369 · focus · HN ↗

      Maybe you should read the article before posting something like this

      1. Forgeties79 · 1791034581 · focus · HN ↗

         This is exactly the sort of comment the guidelines explicitly say not to write.

         <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html

         &gt; Please don&#x27;t comment on whether someone read an article. &quot;Did you even read the article? It mentions that&quot; can be shortened to &quot;The article mentions that&quot;.

         1. lukan · 1791034966 · focus · HN ↗

            It also says this:

            &quot;Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. &quot;

            And the comment really had nothing to do with the article. Just a opinion shouted in to the room without backing up besides mentioning &quot;random yt videos&quot; as the source.

            1. Razengan · 1791035196 · focus · HN ↗

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               1. perching_aix · 1791035821 · focus · HN ↗

                  Like soapboxing &quot;historical european meddling&quot;, right?

                  Cause while it is of course entirely possible that this really did occur to you fully independently over the years, it requires quite a bit of suspended disbelief to entertain, given how prominently this has been trending recently within certain political &quot;fringes&quot;.

                  1. Razengan · 1791036311 · focus · HN ↗

                     Just watch or read anything about the Congo: A country&#x2F;region BIGGER than many European countries COMBINED, literally just handed over to a SINGLE European dude!

                     <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rvYRifKrS24" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=rvYRifKrS24 — The World&#x27;s Most Ignored War Explained - Johnny Harris (first and only video I watched from that guy, seems neutral?)

                     And not just Africa; I&#x27;ve been traveling around Asia recently, and whenever I think about catching up on any particular country, like 8 or 9 out of 10 times, guess what?

                     Yep. Europeans :)

                     1. whiteconspi · 1791037068 · focus · HN ↗

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                     2. perching_aix · 1791037814 · focus · HN ↗

                        Would be nice if you actually engaged with what I said. I have zero interest in litigating your idea, it being well supported or not is besides the point.
         2. AnimalMuppet · 1791035359 · focus · HN ↗

            True, but... when they themselves say that they didn&#x27;t read the article, and post a random opinion that is contrary to the article, then &quot;maybe you should actually read it&quot; is at least somewhat called for.

            1. Forgeties79 · 1791040940 · focus · HN ↗

               The comment appears to have been edited. I saw nothing about having not read it. So to me it looked really smarmy and unwarranted.
         3. mohamedkoubaa · 1791035513 · focus · HN ↗

            OP edited their comment. I think the original said something to the effect of &quot;I didn&#x27;t read it but I bet it says...&quot;

            At least, that was my understanding of the comment that I replied to. Normally I wouldn&#x27;t say &quot;Did you even read the article&quot; when responding to a thought or opinion

            1. Forgeties79 · 1791042412 · focus · HN ↗

               Yeah I didn’t see anything about having not read it, so to those who did I probably looked less reasonable. If that’s the case then your comment was more warranted
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