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What does this have to do with anything Hacker News-related?

• Jgrubb 7y ago
  This might be the first article to hit the front page in 10 years on this site that made me think the same thing.
• amelius 7y ago
  Self-experimentation is not an uncommon topic, and in fact can be seen as a form of hacking.
• guessmyname 7y ago
  > What does this have to do with anything Hacker News-related? Nothing, although some people will come up with explanations to say that “this article is interesting and that’s why it was upvoted” but the reality is, today is Sunday, and Sundays are always characterized by random —usually non-tech related— articles in the front page. I personally don’t mind it, this is a good way to learn about topics that usually people don’t talk about. To me, it feels like clicking the “Random Article” link on WikiPedia [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
• amingilani 7y ago
  Fair question. From the guidelines: On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. As I've learned over the years, what's off-topic for me, isn't necessarily off-topic for everyone else. Lots of articles on HN that have left me bored, but turns out they work for other people. I posted this because I found it interesting to finally understand what the fainting game was, and how dangerous it could have been. I suppose it resonated with other people too.