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AskHN: Phrases/moves/words HN would be better without? Complain here
For me it's "Fun fact:" - I'm so sick of seeing that! It's not cute. And "pro-tip". I just saw that twice.. Do they add anything except length?
Also saying that someone is "biased" or "has an agenda" and thinking you've done enough to win the argument. These seem mostly just like disguised versions of "I'm right, you're wrong!", with no more substance.
What things bug you like that on HN? Thank you! :-)
- yesenadam 8y agoI also loathe seeing complaints that a book isn't just a page of bullet points, but is, you know, a book. That it isn't it's own abridged version, summarised, Cliffs notes version. People are so desperate not to waste a millisecond? There seems as many complaints like that as mentions of books nowadays.
- yesenadam 8y agoWell, after 4 hours this has disappeared off the Ask list, so no way anyone can see it - that's a shame. edit: except the person who saw this in New, I suppose and downvoted - thanks for that. (This comment was meant to be mostly a note to my future self on what happened to this submission, why no responses.)
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