Its a story about a man's experience with Reddit and how it helped him cope with difficult times. You won't learn anything reading it, its simply a well written story and a view into the lives of others.
If you have the time to write a snarky reply about how you don't have the time to read an article then you should reconsider some things.
Requesting a reasonable precis of a long essay is not unreasonable of itself. Especially when the packaging of a story itself is nothing but hyping its own greatness.
If someone's got time for a long read with no direct benefit of itself, that's fine, but there's no reason to cap on those who are simply seeking some context on the item.
There's far more content online (even just on HN) than anyone can possibly hope to assess, let alone read, in a lifetime. If Sturgeon's Law at Web scale were only six-sigma compliant, it would be a huge improvement.
If you have the time to write a snarky reply about how you don't have the time to read an article then you should reconsider some things.