[bossyTeacher]

HN is pretty nihilistic imo. Tons of people on here fit the stereotypical lonely nerdy techie to the T.

[Antibabelic]

That's not my experience. A lot of people on HN seem to be concerned (performatively or not) with things like ethics, altruism and "making the world a better place", whatever that means.

[i_am_a_peasant]

I think most people on HN are just regular joes and there’s a strange expectation that most people in tech are on the spectrum or something. not that there’s anything wrong with that

[arcxi]

It's exactly concerns like these that could drive people into loneliness and nihilism, when constant disappointment with a lack of care from society turns into hatred and despair.