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>superficial, narcissistic plebeians

Humans avoiding discomfort! In their entertainment?! How dare they? Who do they think they are?!

HN contrarianism at its finest, people.

You've missed the point about the nature of their discomfort, i.e. the fact that they're upset simply because their egos aren't being stroked.

I think there's a mile long road between "being ridiculed" and "having their egos stroked." The nature of their discomfort has more to do with respect, or the lack of it.

But what the guy is saying is that Community doesn't just stop the ridicule. It swings the pendulum to the other extreme. And this is applauded by the target audience.

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