[wincent]

pg: What's your HN username?

ta1234567890: ta1234567890

pg: Hm, doesn't ring a bell... [looks awkwardly into cocktail glass]

[ta1234567890]

You described pretty much exactly what happened to me. And I felt like crap. Nevertheless I still applied to YC afterwards.

It sucks how people in power sometimes are assholes and we put up with them, probably just because of their power.