Unimportant distinction when they work closely together, are unbound by laws, norms, morals, and ethics, and are both present at the scene.

On HN, we go by article quality, not site quality: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

I haven't read the OP so am not commenting on the quality of this article. But there have certainly been good-for-HN submissions from esquire.com in the past. Some of these, for example:

Who Pays for the Arts? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726452 - Oct 2024 (320 comments)

Why are debut novels failing to launch? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40612321 - June 2024 (246 comments)

Miles Davis and the recording of Kind of Blue - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39597525 - March 2024 (168 comments)

Vaporwave was created then destroyed by the internet (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28015428 - July 2021 (86 comments)

Why Men Love War (1984) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16999449 - May 2018 (174 comments)

The Drugging of the American Boy (2014) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16517588 - March 2018 (151 comments)

The Falling Man - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12471679 - Sept 2016 (79 comments)

Teller on theft in magic - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4540742 - Sept 2012 (77 comments)

The Perfect Compliment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4199015 - July 2012 (61 comments)

Was the Wheel of Fortune one letter solve really a miracle? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1891268 - Nov 2010 (69 comments)

Roger Ebert: The Essential Man - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1129880 - Feb 2010 (10 comments)