Okay, thanks for the proof! I should mention that in most cases the story seems to not have persisted in the top, even though it's a story that likely many HN users would want to discuss.
I wish you hadn't escalated this to usage of profanities, but it's all good.
Yes it fucking has.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10064782
This version uses a mobile link. The previous version includes a bunch of URLcruft.
In fact:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10064782
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063756
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063612
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10063555
It has had repeated submissions, and one previous submission has over 60 comments. It's probably being flagged as a dupe.
EDIT: Also, NYT has a paywall and some people auto-flag any NYT submission.