Man, some of the comments on here are really disheartening. What's the deal with trying to humble people with long-winded, tangential counterpoints, gotchas, an

Man, some of the comments on here are really disheartening. What's the deal with trying to humble people with long-winded, tangential counterpoints, gotchas, and condescending questions? Constantly proving one's intellect seems to be a prevailing theme on HN and I'm not seeing how it adds to the quality of the content. I'm sure someone will unearth the irony in this and let me know soon enough.