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Seriously? Not to be negative but this is even more pedantic than I would expect from hacker news, and thats saying alot.

Pfhreak 9y ago
It's not a critical comment, he's just making the author aware that his logo represents something he might not be aware of.
franciscop 9y ago
Ah it was meant to be a fun fact/"were you aware of?" kind of comment, not even criticism (;
- nautilus12 9y ago
  It has the ring of a know it all type of pedantic comment. I can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned, I dont have to have a big expose revealing it as some hidden secret. Hackernews has the habbit of making disability level OCD seem like some grand hidden nugget that will make everyone think you are nerding better than everyone else.
  - TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Come on. This was an obvious reference to the article that was hot on HN recently. Also while you "can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned", you can also safely assume vast majority of the world doesn't know that, and you can also assume many people might want to reconsider using a dead butterfly as a symbol once they learn the image doesn't show what they thought it shows. AKA regular, friendly, and completely warranted pedantry.
justifier 9y ago
i'd argue it's more of an hn in joke if you look at the previous thread(o) i think gp is either directly of indirectly referencing most of the comments therein are of the "now you've watched it you can't unwatch it" variety(i) now, should a meta joke be the top comment about this tool? i suppose that is for the forum to decide.. but the op may find it useful information.. perhaps thae missed the previous thread op: awesome tool (o) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 (i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88

Pfhreak 9y ago

It's not a critical comment, he's just making the author aware that his logo represents something he might not be aware of.

franciscop 9y ago

Ah it was meant to be a fun fact/"were you aware of?" kind of comment, not even criticism (;

nautilus12 9y ago
It has the ring of a know it all type of pedantic comment. I can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned, I dont have to have a big expose revealing it as some hidden secret. Hackernews has the habbit of making disability level OCD seem like some grand hidden nugget that will make everyone think you are nerding better than everyone else.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  Come on. This was an obvious reference to the article that was hot on HN recently. Also while you "can safely assume that butterflys are deformed when they are pinned", you can also safely assume vast majority of the world doesn't know that, and you can also assume many people might want to reconsider using a dead butterfly as a symbol once they learn the image doesn't show what they thought it shows. AKA regular, friendly, and completely warranted pedantry.

justifier 9y ago

i'd argue it's more of an hn in joke if you look at the previous thread(o) i think gp is either directly of indirectly referencing most of the comments therein are of the "now you've watched it you can't unwatch it" variety(i) now, should a meta joke be the top comment about this tool? i suppose that is for the forum to decide.. but the op may find it useful information.. perhaps thae missed the previous thread op: awesome tool (o) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14460013 (i) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeIJ8l3PZ88