The first part was a question and the second two parts were examples.

Writers can't be held responsible for the lack of reading comprehension exhibited by audience members.

No, you broke the rules flagrantly:

> Ruby-til-Death programmers refuse to learn any other non-ruby-like syntax? It's like their brains would shatter into a brillion pieces

You've posted chest-beating things like this before, too. It's destructive to the community, so please don't do it. If you're smarter or more knowledgeable than other readers, use your greater power to improve the quality of HN, not degrade it.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11303413 and marked it off-topic.