Ugh, that is bad, and I'm sorry I didn't see it at the top of the thread yesterday. Really, the deeper problem is the upvotes that cause such posts to rise to

Ugh, that is bad, and I'm sorry I didn't see it at the top of the thread yesterday. Really, the deeper problem is the upvotes that cause such posts to rise to the top of a thread and stick there, drowning out curious conversation and giving people a bad impression of the entire community. Unfortunately, the upvote problem seems basically unsolvable - people don't do it consciously and it's very much a tragedy-of-the-commons problem. So we're stuck with moderation on the comments.