There’s also the subreddit /r/imaginarygatekeeping for bizarre refutations of non-existent arguments like this one.
Why does HN always do this? They'll see that the article is an opinion piece and instantly go on the defensive. Inferiority complex maybe?
I wouldn’t have that issue if the title were “why you should ...”
Edit: furthermore, there were times and places where “just taking a walk” was taboo. (See the Ray Bradbury short story [1] or the Mad Men episode where they freak out at the woman who says she does it.) So I chafe at the false implication that we’re in such an era, if the author isn’t going to back up such a claim.