Comment by triprjt

Sometimes when I feel that way, I take it as a sign that there must be something about it that I’m missing.

I try to take that feeling of “why is this here” as my cue not to reflexively kick the thing in front of me, but to reflect more deeply on what it is that the others are seeing in it.

Sometimes I figure out what that is, other times I stay puzzled. Sometimes I get it and it’s just not for me, but I can learn something from the way the others appreciate it. Sometimes it’s just not a room I want to be in.

But over my life I’ve learned by far the most—at least in terms of big coarse new ways of looking at things and of understanding other people—from the rooms I fit in least naturally, and from the phenomena whose appeal most confuses me at first glance.

YMMV, Chesterton’s Fence, etc.

Please have a look at the Hacker News guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

Idk seems like it fits the bill still. Maybe not for everyone

Shakes fist at cloud

I'm right there with you, pal. The quality and focus of this site has declined significantly. More often than not these days I regret opening the site at all.