A comment complaining this was obviously written by an AI, and the standard template is a tell. A philosophical observation about what that says about the state on online discourse. Link to the Dead Internet Wikipedia page.

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jantissler an hour ago | parent | next [-]

An unrelated comment added as a reply to the current top comment to get more views

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Mordisquitos 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A response appreciating the comment above for saving ones time.

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tsumnia 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A bad faith response that attempts to derail the conversation from the original article.

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hperrin 3 hours ago | parent [-]

A snarky and insulting joke where the above commenter is the butt of the joke, calling attention to the bad faith response.

	▲	euroderf 41 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		A modest plea for civility.

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4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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foltik 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Wistful nostalgia about the golden age of HN from an account created 11 months ago.

Bonus mention of a pg essay which the commenter clearly only read the title of.

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mckirk 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nitpicky reply questioning the adherence of OP's comment to HN guidelines.

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seamossfet 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is why I built [AI slop tool]. [Self promotion link to my vibe coded startup with no users]