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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by next_xibalba on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:09PM (#46516103)
To wit, the vast majority of them have:

- easy access to clean water

- sufficient calories

- safe shelter

- education (presumably they can read and write if they’re on Reddit)

- internet access

- free time (can’t be writing nasty comments on Reddit if you’re swinging a pick axe in a coal mine)

Many of these things can’t be claimed by millions in the world.

And yet, it’s one of the most cynical, negative places on the internet.

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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by _DeadFred_ on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:20PM (#46516281)
This is not the 1950s. Most American's have internet, where they can see average people living lives around the world. Their houses may be a bit worse, but their cars are normally newer, they have internet, they have FAMILY. They have vibrant COMMUNITY. They have free time.
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Re:65% of Hacker News Posts Have Negative Sentiment, and The... by 306bobby on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @01:23PM (#46530322)
Are you not agreeing with their point?

Everything you listed are reasons NOT to be so cynical

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