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A comment complaining this was obviously written by an AI, and the standard template is a tell. A philosophical observation about what that says about the state on online discourse. Link to the Dead Internet Wikipedia page.

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Wistful nostalgia about the golden age of HN from an account created 11 months ago.

Bonus mention of a pg essay which the commenter clearly only read the title of.

Curmudgeonly comment from someone trying to sound like a wise elder about how actually all this was the norm even in the days of Usenet.

An unrelated comment added as a reply to the current top comment to get more views

A response appreciating the comment above for saving ones time.

A bad faith response that attempts to derail the conversation from the original article.

A snarky and insulting joke where the above commenter is the butt of the joke, calling attention to the bad faith response.

A modest plea for civility.

Off topic summary of the discourse regarding a pet peeve that litterally no one has.

A reminded that the riff raff can go to the “other site” when these threads occur.

A haiku comment,

Describing its own structure,

Hoping for upvotes.

A celebration that wit and good humour still exists on HN.

a passive-aggressive attack from a self-righteous hilltop

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a comment that only make sense to people with showdead turned on

Nitpicky reply questioning the adherence of OP's comment to HN guidelines.

Self-aware meta commentary on HNers breaking HN guidelines to cite HN guidelines.

This is why I built [AI slop tool]. [Self promotion link to my vibe coded startup with no users]

A reference [1] in an attempt to go one level of self-reference further.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727104

An xkcd link summarising large number of all points discussed

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