Take the blue pill, press the back button, and pretend you never saw it.

Or take the red pill, pull back the curtains of reality, and see the machinery behind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41197775

And I got two replies recorded after making an edit to expand on my question.

Glitch in the matrix.

Man reading this whole thread glitched my brain a bit

There’s a few decades after you stop worrying you’re crazy and before you start worrying you’re senile. Leaving you a lot more energy for other things. Enjoy them.

My HN client uses the HN API which reveals the true post time of the comment. See https://seville.protostome.com/item/?id=41641314.