I'm afraid you threw your share around too. Flamewar is exactly how not to respond to an annoying comment on HN, regardless of how annoying it is. If you can't remain civil and substantive, please don't post. Read https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and you'll see what the recommendation is for reacting to egregious comments: flag them.

Sorry! Didn't see the flag controls. Thanks for the heads up. Post wasn't intended to insult, just demonstrate how silly it seemed as a response.