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I'd say this kind of thing is not popular on HN because it had very little useful information content, and if he knew it was not going to be popular here becaus

I'd say this kind of thing is not popular on HN because it had very little useful information content, and if he knew it was not going to be popular here because of religion, well he posted it anyway didn't he… > was immediately followed with "you probably have a brain tumor for doing it" comments Actually most comments weren't of this nature, but you climbed over those to find the one you could plant your flag of martyrdom on.

bawolff 4y ago
To be fair, the brain tumour thing used to be much higher up (i guess it got downvoted), and i agree that it is an incredibly condescending and offensive thing to say. Like sheesh, imagine saying that in any other context. e.g. someone likes emacs, must be a brain tumour.