But this is a <i>discussion</i> forum.  There&#x27;s plenty of places to go to on the internet to express yourself if you want tightly layered banter, such as reddit (which is not meant to denigrate reddit, it&#x27;s comments just service a slightly different purpose in many cases).  Clear communication of a point that furthers that discussion is sort of the point of HN comments, and what makes them a little different (hopefully).<p>If I had been able to parse your comment enough to be sure it was just an overly verbose joke at his expense along with a disparagement of anyone that&#x27;s happened to partner with him, I would have just downvoted you and been done with it, as the comment&#x27;s not really in good taste, but more importantly it doesn&#x27;t really contribute anything.  That&#x27;s not really meant to be an insult, we all go off-topic at times.  You just happened to do it in a way that kept me from even determining whether you really were contributing anything.