I come to HN despite that kind of pedantic degeneration, not because of it. I like intellectual stimulation. But, especially as I get older, I don't like to spend time picking nits. Because the more time/stress I spend on picking nits, it's less I have to spend on slaying dragons, putting money on the table, etc. Opportunity cost. I pick nits when programming because I'm paid to and because often if you don't have a perfect grasp of your nits, your nits fail to work for some mysterious reason. Getting "ghetto" exactly right? Doesn't matter. World continues on essentially precisely the same. :P

(Yes, I'm now going to go Google for nits after this.)