"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or c

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic." "Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html