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I wish hacker news allowed a short description of why something might be interesting... How about I take an hour and try to interpret this history of a Prince A

I wish hacker news allowed a short description of why something might be interesting... How about I take an hour and try to interpret this history of a Prince Albert advertising campaign?

maxander 10y ago
It could be any number of things- insight into the history of smoking ads, the bygone culture of advertisement copy as poetry, or the bit about the "poetry of industrialism." But if you can read the words "BUT just among ourselves, you better start a rapid whiz system to keep tabs as to how fast you’ll buzz from low smoke spirits to TIP-TOP-HIGH" and not understand why someone thought it worth sharing, I don't know what to say.
- nickpeterson 10y ago
  Fine, but a sentence would suffice, something akin to, 'Interesting older copy.' because this site is generally tech oriented, I often click a link and start reading assuming it will wrap around but after a few minutes it doesn't and I question the purpose of the link on hacker news...
  - posterboy 10y ago
    Then, how about these descriptions: "long article on long winded text forms misses the point" or "... tries to prove a point" "ad copy by example's the charm" "author missing pulse of time reminisces on golden age" disclaimer: too long; didn't read
  - DanBC 10y ago
    > because this site is generally tech oriented "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." has been in the guidelines for years.
    - nickpeterson 10y ago
      Look, let it go, I've already exposed you as a Prince Albert shill.
pimlottc 10y ago
To me, it's interesting to see that grammar-hacking wordplay Of this sort (a la doge meme) hiis not an entirely new phenomenon. And they're just fun to read.
bicknergseng 10y ago
This comment is pretty funny juxtaposed with the one above regarding heavy copy in advertising.
eropple 10y ago
Alternatively, you could practice reading for effect and be better at doing it yourself. tl;dr culture is not a positive. Slow down.
- posterboy 10y ago
  >a positive So then, culture is not? Just isn't? Doesn't make sense.
  - eropple 10y ago
    (tl;dr culture) is not a positive. Not "tl;dr: culture is not a positive".
throwawaymaroon 10y ago
your illiteracy is not HN's problem

I wish hacker news allowed a short description of why something might be interesting... How about I take an hour and try to interpret this history of a Prince Albert advertising campaign?

maxander 10y ago

It could be any number of things- insight into the history of smoking ads, the bygone culture of advertisement copy as poetry, or the bit about the "poetry of industrialism." But if you can read the words "BUT just among ourselves, you better start a rapid whiz system to keep tabs as to how fast you’ll buzz from low smoke spirits to TIP-TOP-HIGH" and not understand why someone thought it worth sharing, I don't know what to say.

nickpeterson 10y ago
Fine, but a sentence would suffice, something akin to, 'Interesting older copy.' because this site is generally tech oriented, I often click a link and start reading assuming it will wrap around but after a few minutes it doesn't and I question the purpose of the link on hacker news...
- posterboy 10y ago
  Then, how about these descriptions: "long article on long winded text forms misses the point" or "... tries to prove a point" "ad copy by example's the charm" "author missing pulse of time reminisces on golden age" disclaimer: too long; didn't read
- DanBC 10y ago
  > because this site is generally tech oriented "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." has been in the guidelines for years.
  - nickpeterson 10y ago
    Look, let it go, I've already exposed you as a Prince Albert shill.

pimlottc 10y ago

To me, it's interesting to see that grammar-hacking wordplay Of this sort (a la doge meme) hiis not an entirely new phenomenon. And they're just fun to read.

bicknergseng 10y ago

This comment is pretty funny juxtaposed with the one above regarding heavy copy in advertising.

eropple 10y ago

Alternatively, you could practice reading for effect and be better at doing it yourself. tl;dr culture is not a positive. Slow down.

posterboy 10y ago
>a positive So then, culture is not? Just isn't? Doesn't make sense.
- eropple 10y ago
  (tl;dr culture) is not a positive. Not "tl;dr: culture is not a positive".

throwawaymaroon 10y ago

your illiteracy is not HN's problem