HN is not the smartest place on the internet. It just has a high concentration of engineers and tech money men overwhelmingly skewed to a very narrow demographic (white men 35-45, high earners, mostly in the bay area). There’s nothing wrong with being a high income white man 35-45 living in the bay, but there’s nothing particularly insightful either about discussions between them — especially when it comes to situations most of them would not have experienced.