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Strange comment? There wasn’t even mention of the project being useless.

• mercer 8y ago
  It wouldn't be hacker news if there wasn't eventually a comment pointing out that there's always a comment pointing out <x>. It's fascinating to see this happen on both HN and Reddit, quite often even before 'comment pointing out <x>' is even posted. This phenomenon reminds me a bit of the annoying fallacy-fallacy, or how any discussion involving -isms (capitalism, socialism) cannot be had without either or both parties pre-emptively defending against being accused of, say, the no-true-scotsman fallacy. I've been wondering if this is a 'new' thing, or if we've always been having these increasingly meta conversations, or if perhaps I'm just getting old and tired of it.
  • chronogram 8y ago
    Or maybe it’s because of internet points? Do you also see it happen in real life?
    • mercer 8y ago
      In real life too.
• hnarn 8y ago
  If we're discussing semantics then you are correct, the literal word "useless" was never used, but it's obvious that the point of the comment is to state that there is -- in the end -- no need for this solution as more primitive solutions are already superior. This is a type of comment that is so common that it's a trope in itself, much more than the calling out of it is (as some here seems to argue).