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Is this really the level of reading skills the LA Times is targeting: "a dry dock, a special facility with high walls where ships are lifted out of the water"?
by pintxo 7y ago
Is this really the level of reading skills the LA Times is targeting: "a dry dock, a special facility with high walls where ships are lifted out of the water"?
- happytoexplain 7y agoThis seems elitist for no reason. I wouldn't classify the knowledge of the functionality of a dry dock as "reading skills". Personally, I knew what a dry dock was in a general sense, but appreciated the visual to refresh/corroborate my understanding of the exact function.
- pintxo 7y agoI specifically found the description not very helpful. A facility with high walls? Like a warehouse? A barn? A factory?
- blaser-waffle 7y agoHuge chunks of their readership -- like the HN crowd currently looking at this article -- may not live anywhere near water and/or may not know anything about boats, docks, and shipbuilding. Good journalism provides basic context.