Literally your 2nd-to-last comment before this was "What a tedious and unpleasant person". I'm not trying to "gotcha" here, and I'm sure the parent post to that

Literally your 2nd-to-last comment before this was "What a tedious and unpleasant person". I'm not trying to "gotcha" here, and I'm sure the parent post to that was unpleasant and tedious, but I am hoping you'll consider that you might be doing some of the same thing you're upset about others doing. Describing anyone as "the socially doomed" to me indicates an attachment to the idea of mainstream social mores as "right". The most socially awkward people I know also happen to have the most friends. fwiw, the trick I've found for enjoying hn comments is to ignore the pedantic, argumentative ones, and find the nuggets of joy and wisdom. Not saying I always manage to do that either, but... that's the only time I enjoy reading the comments.