http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did."
How is this germane?
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site."
Though, strictly speaking, it was a post and not a comment that was submitted.