So great call out. My mention of the downvotes wasn't in reference to my comment, but into the parent I was replying to who is clearly newish to Monads. And th

So great call out. My mention of the downvotes wasn't in reference to my comment, but into the parent I was replying to who is clearly newish to Monads. And their summary is actually fairly accurate. If you can read and understand this comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27639779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27639779) then you understand 80% of the practical use of Monad. And the majority of people who understand that comment, could now implement the flatMap/join/>>= for the "Maybe a" Monad. And could probably implement ">>" for it as well. And if you can implement "bind" for a randomly requested Monad, while you may not know what a Kleisli Category is, nor be able to define the monad laws and might still make a mistake implementing one, you have the essential concept of a Monad.