You say you found his comment interesting, but at the same time you called him out as being boring? On the note of being self aware. While I would agree that m

You say you found his comment interesting, but at the same time you called him out as being boring? On the note of being self aware. While I would agree that many people would find the content of that comment 'boring'. In the context of the hackernews audience, and as a response to the parent post, I would be surprised if many people had their eyes gloss over and moved back to celebrity gossip.