"Avoid generic tangents" / "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances."

How is this a tangential annoyance or a generic tangent?

> Meta announces they have a new model, demonstrating its capabilities.

> Parent comment states „regardless of this model‘s specific capabilities, if I can avoid it I will.“

"Avoid generic tangents" / "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances."

That's pretty much 90% of HN these days.

Apple releases a new iPhone? Here comes the flood of decade-old complaints about long-discontinued Mac butterfly keyboards and walled gardens.

Microsoft releases a new version of Windows? Here come the gripes about Azure.

Google changes something in GMail? Play Store!

It's like there's an army of bots out there determined to reduce the productivity of the Western tech bubble by diverting everyone into endless circular arguments about absolutely nothing of relevance to the topic at hand.

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