Something I've often seen on HN (and really, all forums) is a problem similar to the X-Y problem. For example, someone might say "Video games are a waste of ti

Something I've often seen on HN (and really, all forums) is a problem similar to the X-Y problem. For example, someone might say "Video games are a waste of time!", and people will try to defend them, citing examples of games that require a lot of thought, or tell an amazing story, etc., but they respond with things that just feel like non-sequitors, and it's only after a dozen comments or so that we REALLY find out that the original commenter feels that all forms of entertainment are a waste of time, and that everybody should spend all their waking hours either being productive or learning something.