Meta-comment: How is it possible that the original submission has been on the front page for 8+ hours, and all discussion is focused on this completely unrelat

Meta-comment: How is it possible that the original submission has been on the front page for 8+ hours, and all discussion is focused on this completely unrelated link? Have people stopped reading original submission links in favor of comments so much that the discussion is no longer related to the original submission at all?