I really hate those "I'm going to pedantically take issue with somethng completely tangential" comments. I know it's a common Hacker News trope and "Just don't click the headlines you don't like" isn't quite so dramatic.

But it's so bloody annoying!

If "Everything" you knew about something as fundamentally simple as [for example] reading was wrong, then you would be one of the stupidest people on the planet. In which case why would you expect anyone to want to take notice of your opinions?