Maybe, or maybe there is no yacht and no 2 star restaurant. Since your profile doesn't have any personal info (which is certainly your right, mind) I have only one data point and it tilts towards the latter.
replyIt has a full name and personal website link in one of the comments, which contains a link to their food photography page saying that cooking used to be their profession.
replyI would assume that should be enough to at least believe it in the absence of evidence showing otherwise, but I guess we aren't treating replies in good faith anymore here.
Point taken, I didn't go as far as scrolling comments and only checked the user page. Apologies to dataviz1000.
replyNo, it's just one person, not all of HN, and I can't imagine why the contention.
replyYeah, it's just one person here, but I am starting to see that type of a person across all HN comment sections way more often these days.
replyNothing personal against that specific user at all btw, especially since they recognized it.
It was just more of a personal rant on my part, as I am saddened by slow redditification of HN comments over the years. Higher-trust comment sections is a major part of why I've been enjoying HN for so long, as opposed to many other alternatives.
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