The thing that really gets me about HN comments is the lack of plausible deniability for stupid comments. People say dumb stuff on 2^N-chan and you can just as

The thing that really gets me about HN comments is the lack of plausible deniability for stupid comments. People say dumb stuff on 2^N-chan and you can just assume they're trolls trying to rile up the extremeists. People say dumb stuff on Reddit and you can chalk it up to them being teenagers without life experience to have a more reality based opinion. People say dumb stuff on HN and you can't really make up any excuse for them because they have "Senior Engineer at X" and a link to a personal website that shows they're not an idiot or a deadbeat and you're left wondering how people so smart can be so stupid. Of course it's well known that most people don't know much about things outside their area(s) of expertise but it's still frustrating nonetheless because you'd expect smart people to know this and either not run their mouth or qualify their statements.