I'm actually not mocking either the post or HN. If I am being a little snarky, it is towards the thin skinned who zero in on any comment they don't like and then launch a tirade in hopes of, essentially, group bullying. It happens with increasing regularity.

I actually find it refreshing when people mock or criticize HN on HN. There is too much orthodoxy here, too much defensiveness when that orthodoxy is questioned, too much indirection where a plainly stated opinion would suffice, and a lot of people don't have a sense of humor about themselves. (Watch this get downvoted by people proving exactly my point.)