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The Grumpy Welshman
Personal blog · grumpywelshman.comculturepoliticshealth
The Grumpy Welshman is a personal blog at grumpywelshman.com about culture, politics and health. Since 2026, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts are personal essays on the internet and readers, and on Welsh lifestyle topics such as an ancient hydration protocol. HN readers link them in a thread about the internet and attention.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Observations on bad ideas, modern nonsense, and things that go wrong. Written by a 71-year-old Welshman with limited patience and a decent memory.
What Hacker News says?
Hey, this gave me pause: <meta name="description" content="AI Generated. Black cat laptop on kitchen table. Window with view of misty Welsh mountains and Blodwyn the sheep in the background So.. AI generated cat? Blodwyn also, or is (s)he a real sheep? But then I stumbled onto this page: https://grumpywelshman.com/ancient-welsh-hydration-protocolt... Compare the pics. Same-looking window, same view, different table/…
Comment linking /ancient-welsh-hydration-protocoltm/
on “The internet does not want readers. It wants livestock”Submitted Why I'll Take "Socialist" Healthcare over the American "Freedom" to Go Bankrupt as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted The internet does not want readers. It wants livestock as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We Are All Rankers Now: Or Why the Internet Has Turned to Shit as a story · 2 points
HN discussion