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Yes, it's a waste of time, I would leave and not return. I haven't made any money or started any companies or met any wives on this site, it's a total joke.
by dave_sullivan 6y ago
Yes, it's a waste of time, I would leave and not return. I haven't made any money or started any companies or met any wives on this site, it's a total joke.
- ignoramous 6y agoOn the flip side, you do at least get to meet tech bros and not have to pay for conference tickets. That's gotta count for something.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoSomeone should start an app to disrupt the wives and companies market.
- tiddles 6y agoI only browse sites with an average ROI of at least 1 wife per week.
- alexilliamson 6y agoHonestly I've been seeing that ROI from HN for quite a while. Sometimes a wife per day! I would say to spend more time on the wife threads.
- hutzlibu 6y agoYou got a bulk rate on wedding cake? https://xkcd.com/605/ https://xkcd.com/605/
- superbcarrot 6y ago> or met any wives on this site The wife has negative ROI anyway. If she isn't getting me more money, a new job or another wife, there is no tangible benefit. Also feelings, life satisfaction, love as benefits etc. don't count in this context.
- mpfundstein 6y agowhat about the tangible benefit of having well-raised kids?
- hutzlibu 6y agoKids? Don't you know the very bad ROI they have?? (unless you count in cuteness)
- grumple 6y agoYour ROI needs to measure returns other than money. But kids can end up making money, too, and take care of you when you're older.
- incognition 6y agoWooooosh
- wakatime 6y agoHN is part of the reason I moved to SF back in the day and started my company. My company is the reason I met my wife, because she saw me wearing a t-shirt I made to promote it while walking down the street in SF. You could say HN is the reason I met my wife ;)
- jsherwani 6y agoThank you for this gem and the responses. I haven’t laughed out loud from something I’ve read on HN as much as I just did thanks to this comment and its children comments. Even though I got zero wives out of these comments, there was some real value generated here!
- krapp 6y ago>I haven't made any money or started any companies or met any wives on this site, it's a total joke. From my reading of HN, what you need to do is invest in crypto and date ballerinas.
- Ariez 6y agoHN to start monthly thread: Who's single?
- hutzlibu 6y agoOh no. Pls don't. Because it probably would be highly successful. Or well, much used. (Not necessarily leading to couples, though)
- elliekelly 6y agoI’m genuinely surprised (and a little disappointed) that this thread doesn’t have a single love story sparked on HN. I did once receive a bunch of shirtless bathroom selfies from a gentleman here when I included my twitter handle in a comment. Unfortunately, I blocked him before he had the chance to propose so I guess I’m doomed to forever wonder what could have been...
- NathanielK 6y agoI think that's another reason I like HN. There is no direct messaging like other social media, so if someone wants to interact with you they need to reply publicly. It's a small thing, but I think it is an important part of HN.
- saagarjha 6y agoMany commenters (myself included) include an email address in their bio to let people contact them.
- tobmlt 6y agoWell I for one am glad you are here, Borat!