this. Also I invest way too much emotional involvement in HN commenting. I find it difficult to maintain emotional detachment and not get angry/happy/annoyed/worried/whatever about how many upvotes my comments get.

On my list of "important things I need to have on my mind" whether my latest HN comment got upvoted is waaaaaaaay down there (possibly not enough emphasis there on how little this truly matters to my life). And yet it takes up a lot more mental space than that (evidence: this comment).

I don't seem to be able to not give a shit about it, so I'm probably better off not doing it at all.

... well, upvoted ;)

But consider this a big fat upvote for your life in general, and not related to HN