Coming up on 20 years and we clearly went too far the other way.

One problem with cute animal pictures is that they appeal to almost everyone, including people who are incapable, for whatever reason, of posting well-reasoned, interesting, respectful comments. The fact that HN is a little dry makes it less appealing to dumbasses.

At any rate, it's too late. The era of organic 'cute animal' content on the internet is dead. AI slop has killed it.

AI generated "cutest possible animal" (and "make it cuter") might be mildly interesting.

Coming to LISP in 2038, just the right time when we hit the 2038 bug.

Interestingly, their CSP policies forbid even an extension from inserting an img tag.