[SkyPuncher]

I really dislike these types of comments as they don't really contribute to the conversation. Beyond generally going against HN's rules, they don't really highlight anything meaningful or represent an actual cognitive dissonance.

Forums are composed of diverse sets of opinions and perspectives. When you get a lot of opinions together, opinions change - some of which can be explained simply by randomness.

[yieldcrv]

I like comments like theirs because they spark introspection from the individual people that do have that have cognitive dissonance

[tim333]

It's the most upvoted comment. I'm curious how it goes against HN's rules?

[SkyPuncher]

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

Perhaps, it's not strictly against the letters of the guidelines - but I've always found these types of comments against the spirit of the guidelines. I'd largely say they go against the spirt of a few rules, especially: "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes."

They're low effort, generic, populous comments that do little to contribute to the discussion.