The guidelines apply regardless of the topic, and regardless of who you're replying to. There's no point having guidelines if we only apply them in cases where

The guidelines apply regardless of the topic, and regardless of who you're replying to. There's no point having guidelines if we only apply them in cases where it's popular. For the record, this is the comment that dang replied to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39158222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39158222.