Believe me, I've been aware for my whole life that I'm a "contrarian" but not in the way that gets upvotes and likes on the internet. I guess that's why I have no friends and nobody wants to be associated with me.

I used to think HN was a place where you could talk about the reality of the world, not the sensationalized or BS version. Maybe it once was, but it really isn't anymore. Nowadays YC uses HN as a way to shill their companies, and the average IQ of commenters seems to have reverted to the mean.

At least there's lobste.rs, which is a much better community now.