Yeah, I feel like there's a real culture problem on HN right now, especially for topics that have received any degree of hype (AI and crypto, mainly). People can be excessively rude for no reason if you express an outsider view. Gets to the point where I can't trust anyone here to engage with me in good faith (the exceptions are a welcome blessing).

I've come close to blocking the site on my network many times but it's an absolute goldmine of interesting info too... I'm not really sure if there's a solution, other than to practice emotionally disengaging from internet discussions.