> Hacker News is indeed the internet's watercooler. A watercooler in a very passive aggressive, argumentative office perhaps. HN should be more like a waterco

> Hacker News is indeed the internet's watercooler. A watercooler in a very passive aggressive, argumentative office perhaps. HN should be more like a watercooler, IMO, with more common courtesy and less flamewars (and less devil's-advocate-for-the-sake-of-devil's-advocate). But at the end of the day, the internet is the internet. (Just a side note: I'll still come on HN every day despite this :) )