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by patio11 5962 days ago
On the theory that a little absurdity helps keep everything in perspective:

The problem is you think that you know that people know that you know that somebody thinks you don't know what you're talking about, but you don't know that people know that you know that somebody thinks you don't know what you're talking about, and in fact it is quite possible that people think that you know that they know that you know what you're talking about, so if you just thought that people think that you know that they know that you know what you're talking about, then it wouldn't matter if they think that you know that they know that you know what you're talking about at all, which has the side effect of mooting whether they know that you know that somebody thinks you don't know what you're talking about.

Oof, my parser just blew the stack. Short version: you're well-liked here and have objectively extant accomplishments elsewhere (presumably a source of more happiness than the aggregate opinion of the HN community). The existence of people who disagree with you does not diminish either your general well-likedness or your other accomplishments. Don't worry about them -- the rest of us certainly don't.