I wouldn't be surprised if this got downvoted off the front page in minutes, just like the other story about diesel being at all time highs.

There is a well coordinated group here that seems unusually allergic to inconvenient truths.

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dang 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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

Why does that have to be the only reason? I personally think it has nothing to do with "Hacker" news, but I understand that sentiment has been in the fringe lately with HN becoming increasingly political.

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Ydarbleoj 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Just to be clear, everything is political - whether you want to acknowledge it or not.

	▲	aliasxneo 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's a far cry between someone showing off some weird contraption they hacked together versus posting about the Houthi's military campaign. If you can't see that, then I'm not sure what else to say.

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tomjen3 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It is also not really appropriate for HN.

	▲	BLKNSLVR 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What's appropriate for HN is decided by the attention of HN, no matter what you or I personally think or prefer.
	▲	adrr 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fuel prices is appropriate content for hacker news if EVs are appropriate content for hacker news. Just like electricity price is appropriate content.

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lukan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes yes, my tinfoil protected brains thinks the same!

Or wait, maybe just flamewar style debates are not so welcome here, so people flag instead have another debate about who is more evil?

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MBCook 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

People can pretend whatever they want, but this affects technology heavily too.

Everything you buy has to be shipped. That needs gas. Everything with plastic has oil in it.

Economic downturns/depressions/panics affect investment and the amount of money available for companies to keep running. Plus consumer/business demand. Especially hard on startups who aren’t profitable or don’t even have a product out yet.

Even if you ignore the extremely obvious political stuff, this will directly affect the entire audience here.

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rchaud 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

As if the endless deluge of AI, Meta Glasses and Flock camera articles are full of friendly banter.

	▲	lukan 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you have showdead=true, you will see way, way more flagged comments under anything that is political, or even has a Israel connection in it.