Comment by 9rx
4 days ago
> Your example isn't syntactically valid in Golang.
Well, of course not. Hnlang is clearly not the same language as Go. The different name tips you off to that. However, the same intent can be expressed as a Go statement:
var x int
For what it is worth, the silly pedantry you offer is as funny as you had hoped it would be, so kudos. But it is telling that you had to reach for being funny to mask your cluelessness. Better than being one of those idiots that doubles down on their idiocy once they realize that they have no idea what is going on, I suppose!
It sounds like using HN is exacerbating your mental health troubles. You should probably take a break from HN for a week or two.
The earlier comment was funny. These meme is, unfortunately, quite tired. Commenters on Reddit have been playing on variants of this idea for years. Jokes only work for so long, I'm afraid.
The irony of this coming from someone who unironically writes dates as 01970.