I love HN but reading the comments is sometimes the most eye rolling thing I could possibly imagine doing. Devoid of humor and personality in favor of some kind of robotic logic-only approach. I get some people want it to be purely academic but it's a public forum and is inherently non-academic. And that doesn't even mention the "impartial" moderation. It's no wonder HN commenters get made fun of mercilessly outside of HN.