FYI, you seem shadowbanned[1] for some reason: all of your comments after the first one (and, now that I’ve vouched for it, this one) are marked “dead” as though downvoted to oblivion, though I find nothing that objectionable in any of them. I suggest you look at your comments page[2] from an incognito window (and perhaps contact 'dang for clarification?).
[1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#shadow...
Fixed now. Thanks for watching out for a fellow user!