From the guidelines[0]:

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Your comment didn't seem so snarky to me but (as you probably know) the idea here is to try to swim against the internet currents at least a little.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html