[eliben]

Because this plays on people's basic instinct to keep being fed meaningless, content-less pieces of the current "hot news". It's the bread and butter of modern media, and is not much different from what tabloid readers experience. It would be perfectly fine to discuss this issue around articles with actual content. It's very tiring to see every attention-seeking-hyperbolic-titled news article linked here.

[tymekpavel]

You are overlooking the fact that posting "meaningless" news prompts the meaningful discussion around the issue that you claim you're perfectly fine with.

I welcome these posts because they are frequently accompanied by a quality of discussion that is unique to the HN community.

[zxcdw]

This. Thousand times this! No other words needed really.

[Myrth]

What's so tiring? Ignoring the thread if you don't like it?