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What is the deal with the Engadget headline? Is it supposed to be a joke? The black hole claims it was just hydrating? I'm trying to accept the silly/weird prem
by mapgrep 15y ago
What is the deal with the Engadget headline? Is it supposed to be a joke? The black hole claims it was just hydrating? I'm trying to accept the silly/weird premise in good humor, but I still don't "get" why the figurative humanish black hole is defensive about converting water vapor to energy.
Maybe there's an obscure sci-fi or Seinfeld reference I'm missing.
- jackpirate 15y agoIt's a http://fark.com http://fark.com style headline. No idea why engadget adopted it though.
- mortenjorck 15y agoEngadget used to have witty headlines when they were covering something legitimately funny or ironic. The writing had a sort of fun, Brooklyn street-vibe to it that dated to when Peter Rojas ran the site. Unfortunately, this headline is a perfect example of where Engadget has gone in its AOL-Way, post-Topolsky era: trying to be funny by formula. It's mostly missing the charm of the style it is ostensibly following.