[gjvc]

"can't be overstated", you mean

[mh-]

You're absolutely right! I should have used the correct word when writing the Hacker News comment.

(lol, yes, thank you.)

[glenstein]

This one is interesting because I have seen a fair amount of "can't be understated" on reddit also. Interesting case of linguistic drift.

[mh-]

In my case it was just me straight up using the wrong word by accident. Parent commenter caught it inside the edit window but I left it alone so their comment wasn't out of context. :)

[gjvc]

linguistic drift my ass