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Starting a comment with honey does not prime the reader for polite conversation. Mind the HN guidelines.

It’s a pretty common meme template. It shouldn’t prime a reader for impolite conversation, especially given the HN guidelines.

It comes across as patronising; as if you think they're a sweet naive airhead that needs informing.

That’s your interpretation. There’s a non-zero chance that I do not think that they are a sweet naive airhead that needs informing.