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It's probably because Hacker News is serious about not being Reddit and goes about maintaining an aura of seriousness better than most Internet forums. That, a
by fennecfoxen 10y ago
It's probably because Hacker News is serious about not being Reddit and goes about maintaining an aura of seriousness better than most Internet forums.
That, and - for me, at least - most technology / startup news stories don't give too much room to drop references to my favorite cute, harmless, adorable magical-girl animes like Puella Magi Madoka Magica and the homage Yuki Yuna Is A Hero.
(and by "harmless" I mean "dark psychological horror with a death toll rivaling _Game of Thrones_")
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>(and by "harmless" I mean "dark psychological horror with a death toll rivaling _Game of Thrones_") SPOILERS!
- fennecfoxen 10y agoNaah, "spoilers" would be more like intimating that the title character has to kill her old mentor after she goes crazy and starts shooting her friends. (If something like that actually happened, which I'm pretty sure it didn't.) Just letting someone know that they shouldn't expect the series to end with frolicking in a sparkling happy dreamland filled with pink cherry-blossoms at the corner of Good Morning and the Country of Sweets? That's nothing. :P If you want real spoilers go watch the train scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k
- Filligree 10y agoYou mean, like when-- Oh, right. That'd be a spoiler. :P
- eli_gottlieb 10y ago>If you want real spoilers go watch the train scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPntVlsN-k Wow, they made that a lot worse in the dub. Or maybe it was always that bad and I couldn't tell because of Japanese politeness in the original script. Damn.