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It's just bad writing. It muddies their actual meaning, and an unfortunate metaphor that gets in the way--does more to confuse than illuminate. These guys are
by thefrostytruth 11y ago
It's just bad writing.
It muddies their actual meaning, and an unfortunate metaphor that gets in the way--does more to confuse than illuminate. These guys are onto something big, but they're not great at presenting it.
- sosborn 11y agoAnd before you know it the word is redefined in Merriam Webster. Literally.
- thefrostytruth 11y agoFor every "literally" there's a "really." http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2005/11/the_word_we_love_to_hate.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2005/11/the... http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002611.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002611.h...
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- matthewowen 11y agoSomewhat disagree. I instantly understood the metaphor.
- smt88 11y agoIt made me have to pause for a minute because it was adjacent to a graph. It made me think Airbnb had published a graph somewhere and that their graph had been altered in some way that could be described loosely as "photoshopped".