What no one really wants to admit here on YC is that the userbase here is something like the top .01% of (intelligence / literacy / analytical skills)

2 years ago by 0xDEADBEEFCAFE to c/programmingcirclejerk

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FizzyOrange 14 points 2 years ago

Definitely top 0.01% of egos.

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Franconian_Nomad 6 points 2 years ago

When I first found out of Hacker News years ago I was pretty excited - and then quickly disappointed.

The comments were worse than on Reddit. Maybe I had just bad luck, but it looked like everyone liked nothing but to smell their own farts. The experience turnend me pretty fast away.

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crmsnbleyd 4 points 2 years ago

If nobody wants to admit it why do they keep talking about it

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ikidd 4 points 2 years ago

That's a blast from the past...

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