Yay it's time for HN pedantry! Bankrupt can also mean insolvent, it is not limited to the legal definition[1]. But more importantly you know what the person y

Yay it's time for HN pedantry! Bankrupt can also mean insolvent, it is not limited to the legal definition[1]. But more importantly you know what the person you're replying to meant. That they think Illinois is essentially out of money and pretending they're not. You could have furthered this into an interesting discussion on the financial health of Illinois, but instead you found a way to feel intellectually superior without actually having to engage in discourse and without having put forward any ideas that could be challenged. Your comment illustrates a common theme on sites like Reddit and HN, where people want to "win" the conversation as fast as possible. They find a easy and superficial way to call out another comment or article as "incorrect" and avoid putting forward anything of substance or actually worth talking about. [1] - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankrupt https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankrupt