Actually is, unlikely - a very shallow comment history dive suggests not ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46684376 ).
It's a common way in native English speaking countries to disparage someone, to compare them as a small failed version of something worse.
It's also confusing to non native english speakers, and even to people from "mismatched" english speaking cultures (an Englishman, a Scotsman, an Australian, and a central North American enter a bar; Oscar Wilde tells them they're separated by a common language).
The HN guidelines suggest people refrain from hyperbole, sarcasm, idiomatic metaphors, and generally having fun with language :( <- sad face
They have a point.
Beneath contemptible.
As for the HN guidelines, they're a form of the infamous "rules based order," different strokes for different folks.
Which? Implying they are a Hitler fanboi, or them implying you're a Putin bot?
> different strokes for different folks.
Each with one leg both the same - I find it hard to slide a feeler guage twixt either of the two behaviours.
As for the HN guidelines, they're hardly international, just this forum specific. I've no doubt you can play nice should you choose.
