But what about massaging the ego behind the message? If HN comments are about anything, they're mostly either a straight-forward addition or clarification, a "I

But what about massaging the ego behind the message? If HN comments are about anything, they're mostly either a straight-forward addition or clarification, a "I-know-more-than-you" trumpet parp, or a combination of the two... that comment was one of the latter.