Well, not all Americans. Just ones of a specific political bent that is common on this site. And the wealthy ones, because they have the money hoarding disease
if that was truly the "most important principle", there wouldnt be hundreds of upvoted "ai slop", "microslop", "github has 4 9s... 89.999! lolol", etc. comments every day.
i have several other thoughts on the topic in general, and your light chastising, but its probably not the place or time.
Well, not all Americans. Just ones of a specific political bent that is common on this site. And the wealthy ones, because they have the money hoarding disease
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a generic "europe bad" comment doesnt deserve much more than a generic "america bad" comment as a reply
I would hope for better. Threads descending into nationalism are rarely interesting.
> The most important principle on HN, though, is to make thoughtful comments. Thoughtful in both senses: civil and substantial
https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
if that was truly the "most important principle", there wouldnt be hundreds of upvoted "ai slop", "microslop", "github has 4 9s... 89.999! lolol", etc. comments every day.
i have several other thoughts on the topic in general, and your light chastising, but its probably not the place or time.