HN is "professional" 4Chan. If you ever spent any time on both sites it's obvious that there's a ton of overlap in the userbase. The only difference is moderation.
So going there for anything but focused technology discussions is a bad time. Now that that era is dead, there's no reason to visit unless you want a safe space where you can be a discrete racist/bigot and/or a flamboyant billionaire bootlicker.