Sneering is one of the things posters are specifically requested not to do: "Please don't sneer".

> Ctrl-F “sneering”, no results

Ctrl-F for "sneer" - or just read the guidelines, as you should have before posting, and clearly did not:

> Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

> I for one find dismissing a thought by pointing to the big board of rules to be boring, unenlightening and not intellectually gratifying. But that’s just me.

You did not read the rest of my comment, then, which pointed out why sneering is bad. Or maybe you did, because you quoted it, but then chose to forget what you quoted?

Separate from the enumerated rules, it's pretty obvious why this kind of behavior - both in your original comment, and your reply - is generally anti-intellectual, and better suited for Reddit than HN.

If you're not going to follow the guidelines, and going to act in such a hostile and shallow manner, then perhaps you should go somewhere else.

> [EDIT: removed a snarky reply, need to remind myself not to engage with off topic trolling]

Reminding you of the HN guidelines that you repeatedly and blatantly violate, and calling out your hostile, dishonest, emotionally manipulative, and anti-intellectual behavior, is not trolling.

The only one engaging in off-topic trolling, by bringing up fictional positions that nobody adopted, is you.