If we ever meet, brother, I promise you'll hear it.  That and other idiotic "burns" form a core part of my repertoire IRL.

How come you never hear that any more? It was probably the peak of the English language. 

Scoresby

I don't think the first, or even most common, response to quantum computing has been personal slander or fourth-grade histrionics -- that just comes out eventually.

That's context I didn't consider, and it makes a big difference.

I long for the days of retorts like "I know you are, but what am I?" and butthead.

Ha!  When I read your original post, I thought to myself that if I had been the recipient of  NVK's comment, "I know you are, but what am I?" would have been my retort.

bitcoin

Should Bitcoiners play the appeasement game with the quantum fud people?

>  I don't think the first, or even most common, response to quantum computing has been personal slander or fourth-grade histrionics -- that just comes out eventually.

That's context I didn't consider, and it makes a big difference.

> I long for the days of retorts like "I know you are, but what am I?" and butthead.

Ha!  When I read your original post, I thought to myself that if I had been the recipient of  NVK's comment, "I know you are, but what am I?" would have been my retort.