Eh, HN is kind of mildly cynical toward everything, not just startups. It makes sense to me; after all, people on HN are likely pretty in-tune with tech news,

Eh, HN is kind of mildly cynical toward everything, not just startups. It makes sense to me; after all, people on HN are likely pretty in-tune with tech news, and if you read enough tech news over a long enough time, it becomes clear that the vast major of "groundbreaking" and "disruptive" ideas end up falling flat.