lol just be glad it's something civil money, historically it was much worse.
Also, what's up with this influx of very sheltered reddit-like comments? It's not even September yet.
complaining about reddit is the most redditor thing you can do on HN, congratulations.
it's just a generic dismissal, a way of putting someone in a box without actually engaging with anything they say. which lumps it in with 90% of all internet arguments really. "Your argument must be invalid because you're the type of person whose arguments are invalid."