[bell-cot]

From a quick glance at the "In Comments" section of the HN FAQ...yes, OP is quite correct that your "More likely story..." comment is way out of line.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

[doldols]

Sorry, I totally missed the “Blindly believe all outrageous claims posted on HN” part of the guidelines. My bad.