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In this situation, as a smug HN reader you may want to make a comment that mirrors the form of the article in a way that you find clever but is in fact irritati
by JonnieCache 16y ago
In this situation, as a smug HN reader you may want to make a comment that mirrors the form of the article in a way that you find clever but is in fact irritating.
The best way to achieve this is to go one level up on the meta-ladder, and to write a meta-comment, that is, a comment about comments.
However that would be self-indulgent to the point of solipsism, so I advise against it. At least I think it would be. Let me just ask the next djinn above me...
- Vivtek 16y agoEven includes the Hofstadterian allusion to establish old-school geekdom. I give this a thumbs up, good effort.
- hugh3 16y agoWith your "next djinn above me" comment you have implicitly already laid claim to the infinite chain of additional rungs on the meta-ladder on top of your comment. And you did it in the very first comment of the thread. I don't see how anybody can possibly go more meta than that.
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