I think on HN, you have to go out of your way to ask a question. Most people are using questions to imply that the comment they're replying to is wrong, thus w

I think on HN, you have to go out of your way to ask a question. Most people are using questions to imply that the comment they're replying to is wrong, thus when people see it, they think you're taking that angle. I've run into this a couple times. Something like "I'm genuinely asking." can be helpful here, but even then, people are battle-hardened enough to think that's sarcastic too. I think what I'd do here is start a new top-level comment like "Some other comments are talking about the McDonalds thing. Does anyone have any more details on this? Was it just that the coffee was too hot, or where there other factors that made that a lawsuit?"