Damn, I should have put more thought into that before talking. I wish HN had an editing option, now: I feel kinda stupid.

Now you get to feel doubly stupid since HN _does_ have an edit option!

Not after you're downvoted to a certain degree. Otherwise I'd have deleted it outright and made a better comment.

No, it's not downvotes, it's time - I think you get around 1 hour to edit or delete it.

Okay, that would make sense. Either way, I missed my chance.

You could abandon your old identity, take up a new one, and then publicly mock the comments made by the old one, to distance yourself from them.

Keep in mind that your deleted comments are never gone, just hidden from common users. PG and crew can still read them.

Life goes on :-)