Insanity? I can't begin to comprehend how extremely unimaginative someone's mind must be to call this insane. Is there really nothing in your world beyond value and usefulness?
From the context it sounds like "insanity" here is used with a positive connotation.
You might have skimmed over the rest of the parent comment. The second paragraph clearly states a liking for things of this sort.
Can you please not break the HN guidelines like this? Even if you're right, a personal attack is the worst way to express that; and there are plenty of other plausible ways to interpret the comment you replied to.