Come on. This whole thread was kicked off by a single person complaining how they might possibly have to help otherwise high performing colleagues out by covering for them some during an unprecedented pandemic. I can’t recall a single time in my time in HN (since it started, literally) I asked or thought this was a more appropriate thing to say.

Or "tone-deaf" when something don't get the reaction someone thinks it deserves.

So true. HN users tend to use empathy card a lot when they can't agree to disagree other side of the argument.