If you're describing the general HN "I'm not impressed, here are some ancillary-to-the-point minutiae to debate" attitude, I'm not sure what else you could have

If you're describing the general HN "I'm not impressed, here are some ancillary-to-the-point minutiae to debate" attitude, I'm not sure what else you could have expected. Similarly the "we're all sociologists here" assumptions that come with the common belief that a few largely-shared disagreements with American politics and economy that have somehow turned into truisms here. If you're disappointed, make a point. As it is you're complaining for its own sake, which is adding exactly as much as the comments you're complaining about (possibly less).