That's the beauty of it: many invocations of "dang" in HN will be done for both reasons. I don't know the origin of that username, but it's grown into it's role.
I think he even has a trigger on that which sometimes leads to funny situations.
dang has a trigger on the nuclear weapons suite? wow, I thought being an hn mod was powerful but I had no idea.
Off topic, I know, but this entire exchange was quite wholesome and funny. With everything going on these days you all brought some levity to my day, thanks.