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Ask HN: What are your favourite Hacker News comments?

I saw this post[0] by someone asking about favourite lobsters comment and the relevant discussion there on lobsters and I am curious about the same but for hackernews. So, what are your favourite hackernews comments/quotes? [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48615798

codingdave 4mo ago
You can get this answer for any user by looking at their profile - there is a 'favorite' link at the bottom, and then a 'comments' link at the top of the favorites page. And if you don't have specific user you want to look at, you can look at the top 100 users here: https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders You can also find the recent "best comments" here: https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments
- chistev 4mo ago
  I didn't know that best comments link existed. Thanks.
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- adrianwaj 3mo ago
  Would be great if there were ways to see how many times a comment has been favorited, or a user's most favorited comments (by other people.) Might not sit well with site philosophy though - could end up too competitive or gamed.
CoolyDucks 4mo ago
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bauchzola9 4mo ago
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drsalt 4mo ago
i like it when they give a link to a paywalled news article. because journalists should work for free.
KomoD 4mo ago
Recently, probably these two, I thought they were pretty funny. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074424
adrianwaj 3mo ago
I liked this comment about Ulbricht. "It seems they unethically sentenced him for crimes he was not even ever charged with." full comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42794163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42794163 I'd expect this happens a lot in any "justice system" whose main goal is to funnel-in slave prison labor by way of sophistic or shallow rulings - and witch hunts to satisfy the reptilian brain. The whole comment deserves a look alluding to the harm reduction hypothesis.

codingdave 4mo ago

You can get this answer for any user by looking at their profile - there is a 'favorite' link at the bottom, and then a 'comments' link at the top of the favorites page. And if you don't have specific user you want to look at, you can look at the top 100 users here: https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders You can also find the recent "best comments" here: https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments

chistev 4mo ago
I didn't know that best comments link existed. Thanks.
- deleted 4mo ago
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adrianwaj 3mo ago
Would be great if there were ways to see how many times a comment has been favorited, or a user's most favorited comments (by other people.) Might not sit well with site philosophy though - could end up too competitive or gamed.

CoolyDucks 4mo ago

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bauchzola9 4mo ago

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drsalt 4mo ago

i like it when they give a link to a paywalled news article. because journalists should work for free.

KomoD 4mo ago

Recently, probably these two, I thought they were pretty funny. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159162 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074424

adrianwaj 3mo ago

I liked this comment about Ulbricht. "It seems they unethically sentenced him for crimes he was not even ever charged with." full comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42794163 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42794163 I'd expect this happens a lot in any "justice system" whose main goal is to funnel-in slave prison labor by way of sophistic or shallow rulings - and witch hunts to satisfy the reptilian brain. The whole comment deserves a look alluding to the harm reduction hypothesis.