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No, but HN is the center for articles on pretty much everything, including "notable celebrity dies". It's ridiculous to apply the usual (tired) trope of HN of "how is this relevant"

Yes, I was specifically replying to you, not him, that there are guidelines to a degree about what is on and off topic. How often they are followed is a grey area.

Whether or not you're tired of hearing the trope is irrelevant to the guidelines.

Those people repeating the trope are probably tired of perceived violations of the guidelines.

Maybe those guidelines should be deleted since everyone is tired.

>How often they are followed is a grey area.

It's interesting to note the character of when and when not those guidelines are applied.

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