Comment by dang

> he deserved it [...] I'll have a toast the day he croaks

As I said to voidhorse (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html should know; but given that this thread is a mob and mobs derange people, I'm going to cut you some slack and not ban you. Just please don't do anything like this on Hacker News again.

> For a social scientist, you're either a really poor one, a poorly read one or one with a complete inability to read the room.

Personal attacks are also unwelcome here. Lashing out at a fellow community member is mean and shameful, and also undermines whatever argument you were making.