The request was there because this [1] response was entirely predictable.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10877103
It's great to see lutusp back. It's a shame he comments on psychology articles. His comments on any other subject are interesting, fascinating, useful.
Re:How does alcohol influence the brain?
by jsprogrammer on Sunday January 10, 2016 @07:10PM
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What, exactly, do you see wrong with that response?
How is discussion of an article's text 'off-topic', particularly when the discussion is entirely cogent and on point? If an article uses a word in the title, it should also occur in the text.
Anyway, if you're concerned about effective downmodding, you should probably head over to https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=brazzledazzle where their last comment was a personal attack.