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TLDR: A mummified baby.
by mtmail 7y ago
TLDR: A mummified baby.
- dang 7y agoYes. I'd be happy to change the title to make it less baity, but couldn't think of a dignified way to do so. The article is much more interesting than just that detail, although it goes to tragic places.
- batmanthehorse 7y agoI’m glad it wasn’t in the title. It was a good read and a real surprise when I got to that part.
- op00to 7y agoWhen I was 6, my older sisters hamster died. My father put the body in a box in the deep freezer because this was the dead of winter and we couldn’t bury it until the ground thawed. He didn’t tell anyone. A few weeks later I was looking for ice pops and found the frozen mummified hamster. I can’t handle being around dead pets to this day.
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- paco3346 7y agoI agree. Despite it seeming very clickbaity it was actually a very interesting read.
- adamnemecek 7y agoIs this post really HN material?
- AdmiralAsshat 7y agoThank-you. HN's original title policy shouldn't apply when the title is so flagrantly clickbait.
- kube-system 7y agoArguably, this is not clickbait. Many define 'clickbait' as a lead that is characteristically deceptive, misleading, or exaggerated. I'd argue this is simply a teaser, as the article certainly delivers on its promise of a 'secret'. If anything, 'secret' is understated.
- AdmiralAsshat 7y agoRespectfully, I disagree. To my mind, a "clickbait" title includes purposely omitting information for the purposes of getting you to click. If this were a newspaper headline, it would've been "Man discovers mummified remains in deceased mother's freezer", because the purpose of the headline is to convey as much information as possible, succinctly. But the "clickbait" article intentionally omits what is in the freezer in the hopes of getting you to click to find out.
- kube-system 7y agoIt's certainly up for debate, as there are varying definitions. Although, I don't think it's fair to put things like "Man photographs Lock Ness monster, and you'll never guess what happens next!" BS in the same category as my nightly news saying "After the break, new CDC warnings you should know before you vape"
- bardan 7y agoMaybe we could say there are varying degrees of clickbait, but any headline that calls attention to the fact it is omitting important information has to be considered clickbait.
- ramphastidae 7y agoIf this doesn't read as clear, absolute, 100%, not-at-all-up-for-debate clickbait as explained by AdmiralAsshat then the media has done a great job of manipulating your expectations. The title intentionally replaces the primary subject of the article (baby found in freezer) with withholding and vague language ("her secret") in order to force readers to click through to learn what the primary subject is. They are baiting you into clicking. This is clickbait.