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		mynameishere on April 29, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Valley of Broken Dreams: A YC Postmortem "Loser attitude"? Oh, well. My suggestion is: He should continue serious work on his business, and if I throw in an insult with that advice, too bad.

davidw on April 29, 2008 [–]

Here's a way to avoid those slips: read the comment out loud and pretend you were talking to the person directly, with a straight face (since you're actually typing it, you don't get to say it with a smile and a laugh).

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