I agree! Looks like a variant of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge

I think my number one pet peeve of this species is that people are so strongly inclined to assume that everyone’s experience is about the same as their experience. Empathy can be such an uphill battle.

Hacker News isn't really representative of humanity as a whole. It is a very thin slice of intelligent and creative but also cynical and pedantic people with low empathy and emotional intelligence. That is not a value judgement, that is just what it is. Virtually every top comment in every article is nitpicking or dismissal; positivity, especially blind positivity without any evidence, is not valued here.

Well, if we’re not here to nitpick then what are we here for? Should the comment to upvote ratio decrease?

Hello! I apologize for this being extremely out of context but five months ago on one of my comment threads you recommended Takayama Showa-Kan and I wanted to let you know that I visited it last month and loved it (and Takayama as a whole). Thanks again for the rec!

No problem! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

To add to your point, these are companies with the ability to spend millions to get research done on the most efficient way to manipulate people.

This isn’t just gambler vs some other person.

This is one person against a resource pool worth millions of dollars. No individual in aggregate has a chance against that.