This hasn't to do with culture or coddling, but with preserving HN as a place for civil discourse. Arguably nothing on an internet forum rises above trivial or "matters in the slightest", but that doesn't mean you get to violate the rules, which you're doing increasingly. Please stop.

We've detached this subthread from its original parent (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9946787) and marked it off topic.