A ton of hedge words. Example: "You probably wanna consider looking at that book" instead of "Take a look at that book". There's also some pseudo-math language I love such as "It's orthogonal to the point I made earlier modulo the given event".
At least that's how HNers used to talk years ago. I dont look at comments anymore.
I don't remember exactly, but I'd guess $5k back then.. I remember I used reddit to get a recommendation for a doctor. But then there was another forum and I validated him there, before I decided.
I havent used mathstackexchange in a couple of years. I am glad I grew out of that phase. Now DeepSeek is killing that sort of math socialization. Nobody has to deal with that sort of ego.
At least that's how HNers used to talk years ago. I dont look at comments anymore.