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Photo #5 shows a man writing "tried for pi" and I badly wanted to know what the ending was. Hilarious that it was "tried for piracey" (as shown in #9), given he

by corin_ 16y ago

Photo #5 shows a man writing "tried for pi" and I badly wanted to know what the ending was. Hilarious that it was "tried for piracey" (as shown in #9), given he is genuinely dressed as a pirate. Awesome overall idea, too.

gpambrozio 16y ago
Pillaging. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging
- corin_ 16y ago
  I'm not seeing the relevance of your having looked up a word in a dictionary...
  - Semiapies 16y ago
    Because piracy doesn't start with "Pil".
    - corin_ 16y ago
      See http://candychang.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/before-i-die-angled-wall.jpg http://candychang.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/before... - it clearly reads "PIRACEY"...
      - Semiapies 16y ago
        Sorry, I misread and only looked at the first picture you indicated, where he'd written something that looked like "Pil". I did not realize he was writing "PiRACEY" and thought you were just inferring from his outfit...
- blhack 16y ago
  If it makes you feel better, that's what I thought it said too. Also: Shame on you HN. This person not only answered the question (in a way that they thought was truthful, oops, they were wrong), but linked to a definition of the word. Now they're at -9 karma overall (their user). Anybody who downvoted this or the comment below it: you probably shouldn't ever complain about HN turning into reddit.
  - corin_ 16y ago
    Not that I was a downvoter (can't downvote direct replies to your own comments, after all), but I would assume that the main reason for the downvotes is not that their answer was wrong, but that it shouldn't have been wrong. My comment already stated which image "PIRACEY" is written in, so there was pretty much no need to make an (incorrect) guess.
  - chc 16y ago
    He's being downvoted for either not reading or willfully ignoring the comment he replied to. There wasn't even a question in the first place. I'm not sure why you think expecting people to at least read before replying is a Redditism, and I don't see how linking to the definition of a word is supposed to excuse it. It was a pretty objectively poor answer.
blazer 16y ago
Please repaint that other side of wall too.

by corin_ 16y ago

gpambrozio 16y ago

Pillaging. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging http://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=pillaging

corin_ 16y ago
I'm not seeing the relevance of your having looked up a word in a dictionary...
- Semiapies 16y ago
  Because piracy doesn't start with "Pil".
  - corin_ 16y ago
    See http://candychang.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/before-i-die-angled-wall.jpg http://candychang.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/before... - it clearly reads "PIRACEY"...
    - Semiapies 16y ago
      Sorry, I misread and only looked at the first picture you indicated, where he'd written something that looked like "Pil". I did not realize he was writing "PiRACEY" and thought you were just inferring from his outfit...
blhack 16y ago
If it makes you feel better, that's what I thought it said too. Also: Shame on you HN. This person not only answered the question (in a way that they thought was truthful, oops, they were wrong), but linked to a definition of the word. Now they're at -9 karma overall (their user). Anybody who downvoted this or the comment below it: you probably shouldn't ever complain about HN turning into reddit.
- corin_ 16y ago
  Not that I was a downvoter (can't downvote direct replies to your own comments, after all), but I would assume that the main reason for the downvotes is not that their answer was wrong, but that it shouldn't have been wrong. My comment already stated which image "PIRACEY" is written in, so there was pretty much no need to make an (incorrect) guess.
- chc 16y ago
  He's being downvoted for either not reading or willfully ignoring the comment he replied to. There wasn't even a question in the first place. I'm not sure why you think expecting people to at least read before replying is a Redditism, and I don't see how linking to the definition of a word is supposed to excuse it. It was a pretty objectively poor answer.

blazer 16y ago

Please repaint that other side of wall too.