A few ideas (of course you won't be reading this, so perhaps it'll be useful to those of us remaining on the service): 1. Logout of HN and have a friend of you

A few ideas (of course you won't be reading this, so perhaps it'll be useful to those of us remaining on the service): 1. Logout of HN and have a friend of yours change your password and not tell you what it is. This keeps you from getting into the commenting/commenting-for-karma cycle. And you won't want to create a new account because karma addicts can't stand the idea of starting back at zero. 2. Find a community that better suits your argumentative needs. I would probably suggest looking a quora.com -- but, if you're addicted to arguments for the sake of arguments, then that's probably not a good idea either. 3. Take up photography. Seriously. It will center you and give you a vice to replace the void created by quitting this site (whether the ban is short-term imposed or long-term imposed).