On: Cheaper to rent in Barcelona and commute to London...

[jack_riminton]

You're not seriously suggesting that HN commenters like to nitpick small details and miss the wood for the trees?

[fredrikholm → jack_riminton]

I don't know how many comments I've begun writing only to change my mind and not post precisely because how draining the phenomenon is.

Especially tiring when one attempts to be cordial only to be met with further critique and (without non-verbal ques) what appears to be hostility.

[VieEnCode → jack_riminton]

I've often wondered why HN so often seems to prefer to prefer to upvote some tangential rabbit hole rather than discuss the topic in the article itself.

[jack_riminton → VieEnCode]

They're the same people that do bike-shedding and code golf all day at work. I hate them with a febrile passion