Because the story is an absurd lie. The guy has gotten 100+ upvotes for that hysterically dumb bit of fiction. HN has proven to be outrageously gullible time a

Because the story is an absurd lie. The guy has gotten 100+ upvotes for that hysterically dumb bit of fiction. HN has proven to be outrageously gullible time and time again, and this one takes the cake.