[nck4222]

>But do you seriously believe that the most successful founders' comments are represented in news.yc?

No, that's why I commented about how it was possible the community has diverged greatly from the incubator. I don't know what the overall principles of the majority of commenters/founders are, but I think the fact that the quote is (still) the first/most upvoted response in this thread hints that it's probably not an abnormal view of the community.

[stochastic_monk]

I took it as a gag, but maybe it’s just because it’s so ridiculous to me.

[codetrotter]

Yeah me too.