[MoronInAHurry]

And now the HN mods have flagged this comment as off-topic, which causes it to be collapsed by default for all viewers of this thread. Everyone needs to specifically click the [+X] on it to even be able to read it.

Regardless of that, it seems like you're upset because of some mistaken expectations of what HN is for. It's not trying to be a "general purpose" site where you should expect to be able to discuss any and all topics. It has a pretty narrow focus, and users tend to aggressively flag posts about anything without a clear connection to the set of subjects that they feel "belong" here.

You shouldn't try to treat HN as a place where you'll be able to find general news about the world or discuss anything in particular, no matter how important you feel it is. It's a good site for its particular niche, but you're going to end up with a myopic view if you aren't also using other sites too.

[tempsy]

The fact that grumpy cat died got 153 upvotes https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19938054

And Niki Lauda who is a Formula One racer https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19968174

Point is there is no hard and fast rule and is subjective. There’s plenty of people who died that have nothing to do with technology that have been not been flagged for removal.