>I get the impression you are a judgemental, negative person
Yes, that is a common reaction to encountering someone who doesn't kiss your ass, which it sounds like you're used to. Go find a safe space, buttercup.
People who say things like they don't, "kiss your ass" and then use dismissive terms like "kiddo" and "buttercup" is very typically cover when they can't admit they're just being crass and self-centered. Any moment now, I fully expect you to inform us that you merely "tell it like it is" or something equally tedious. I've seen this pattern so many times throughout the decades. You should carefully consider the possibility that you are indeed being a jerk (and we're all jerks at least occasionally).
Please don't take HN threads further into flamewar hell. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of how right they are or feel they are. Perhaps you don't feel you owe "buttercups" better, but you owe this community better if you're participating here.
Yes, that is a common reaction to encountering someone who doesn't kiss your ass, which it sounds like you're used to. Go find a safe space, buttercup.