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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by drstewart on Friday March 27, 2020 @03:45PM (#22706124)
I agree with this. Some communities have taken this so far to be completely toxic (again, reddit). HN isn't that bad yet, but it's sad that people conflate cynicism with being "realistic" or "knowledgeable and worldly".
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Re:Ask HN: Is HN a ‘healthy online community’? I’m doing a c... by seppin on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:35AM (#22709458)
I've noticed this in the EU/US divide. Anything pessimistic in Europe is deemed smart and cool, and Americans are looked upon as native as dumb for their general optimism.

Then again Europeans also hate how much "moaning" goes on amongst themselves. Honestly it's easy to be down on everything all the time, try being an optimist these days. Not exactly easy.

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