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Saying "rekted" instead of "rekt" - how do you do, fellow kids? I am pointing out an insignificant detail, but it does remind that the journalist usually has n
by H8crilA 5y ago
Saying "rekted" instead of "rekt" - how do you do, fellow kids?
I am pointing out an insignificant detail, but it does remind that the journalist usually has no first hand experience, and they're just re-telling heard stories.
- gedassan 5y agoI was also triggered by this.
- naveen99 5y agoAh yes, the old redundundant past tense !
- nvader 5y agoPasted tense
- np_tedious 5y agoWhy not? You only YOLO once
- null_object 5y ago> that the journalist usually has no first hand experience, and they're just re-telling heard stories. Is this supposed to be some sort of dig at anyone writing or commenting specifically about crypto-currencies needing to have "first hand experience" or do you think any journalist has to have directly experienced themselves whatever they're writing about. In my view, "re-telling heard stories" is a good definition of journalism, in itself. But I suspect in this case it's meant to de-legitimize the contents of any crypto-skeptical article? edit: after the downvotes I thought I'd check the journalist's history - I thought there might be some justification for the skepticism of the post I quoted. But she has a pretty solid background writing about crypto-currency economics. So the minor linguistic mistake is obviously just a simple way to discredit the opinions she's expressing as a whole.
- H8crilA 5y agoI meant it as a general comment on journalism. Yes, that's what journalism is, but somehow it's easy to forget it's just echoes, or echoes of echoes.
- hbbio 5y agoAlso: Reading journalists about something you know well makes you doubt about what they write when you don't.
- qqii 5y agoCommonly referred to as the "Gell-Mann Amnesia effect".