Public Apathy

Commenters express frustration that most people do not care about or are indifferent to the issues discussed in the parent thread, often noting this as a worrying or sad reality.

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Sample Comments

nerdponx Dec 2, 2025 View on HN

You presume that people care about things like this. A lot of people don't.

rahrahrah Oct 24, 2016 View on HN

> people don't really careExactly, and that's worrying.

qwerty456127 Oct 26, 2021 View on HN

Good point. But apparently most of the people don't care.

jamespo Dec 22, 2020 View on HN

Probably because the vast majority of people don't care about anything you've listed

mirimir May 24, 2017 View on HN

It's not news to me. But it does seem like most people don't care. Or don't care enough. However, what could they do, even if they cared enough?

infinotize Nov 5, 2013 View on HN

Because most people don't care.

RexRollman Dec 21, 2013 View on HN

Agreed. Most people just don't care about this stuff.

katbyte Nov 10, 2020 View on HN

Because most people don’t care?

themitigating Nov 1, 2022 View on HN

That's not what people think. They don't care because it won't effect them.

JumpCrisscross Jun 5, 2017 View on HN

Most people don't know nor care about the issue.