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I hope folks don't interpret their depression as evidence that they are one of the 'gifted' ones—an error of affirming the consequent. No-one on this forum is
by platz 10y ago
I hope folks don't interpret their depression as evidence that they are one of the 'gifted' ones—an error of affirming the consequent.
No-one on this forum is just average, right? Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average (!) .
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoYep. I think most of us have this, gifted or no. And plenty of people on this forum are average. Including me. Actually, I'm pretty sure that the average high school student doesn't browse HN, so maybe I'm not average in that respect... Also, that joke was terrible. And it made me sad.
- Alexqw85 10y agoThe quote/joke comes from the intro of Garrison Keillor's radio show "Lake Wobegon", about life in a fictional city in Minnesota. So, hopefully that makes it a little less depressing. :-) ---Alex
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoNo, nonononono. I got the joke. That's why I'm sad. Keilor's finally retiring this year :-(.
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoeveryone on HN is gifted! they even have a degree to prove it! keep the downvotes coming, it just confirms how "precious" HN is
- forgetsusername 10y ago>No-one on this forum is just average, right? Every time one of these posts come up, the comments are filled with "me too". Everyone here is a tortured genius.