I've felt this way too at times. Then I think about writing a post like yours and scan the top 30 headlines for anything that doesn't seem like it involves STE

I've felt this way too at times. Then I think about writing a post like yours and scan the top 30 headlines for anything that doesn't seem like it involves STEM, startups/entrepreneurs or Tech companies and their people/woes. Right now I come up with 4 out of 30. Items I consider not HN worthy: Buffet/Munger comments about crypto (crypto discussions are mostly about finance these days not tech), Gravedigging 101, Apple rankings (the fruit not the tech company) and one about beer sales at the World Cup. Economic discussions can be interesting and that leads to the point I've seen dang make that even though a topic may not sound like it applies, HN is about hackers commentary about the topic. So a topic about the economy or stocks might have a HN slant about careers at companies where total comp includes RSU's and commentary about attrition or whatever. I think HN is vastly better than other online forums about filtering content and commentary. Flag things you don't think are appropriate and vote down comments that don't contribute to the discussion in some way.