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Speaking of serious comments: It used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on Hacker News wherein the top comment was something other than shit

by GHFigs 15y ago

Speaking of serious comments: It used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on Hacker News wherein the top comment was something other than shitting on John Gruber.

hugh3 15y ago
I don't even know who John Gruber is.
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- lwat 15y ago
  I bet you'd recognize his website if you saw it though
  - mwill 15y ago
    This is distressingly true, I recognised Daring Fireball and its layout, and the general slant of the articles long before I could recognise the name John Gruber. I'm sure there's some poignant comment to be made based on this, about how some people consume content online.
- bostonpete 15y ago
  I believe he was the villain in Die Hard. The actor was the same guy who played Dumbledore in Twilight.
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bluedanieru 15y ago
It will possible again once John Gruber's shitty blog stops shitting up the front page.
wyclif 15y ago
It also used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on HN wherein the top comment was something other than Gruber-style fanboyism. So it all balances out in the end.
- tvon 15y ago
  Seems ironic for you to make this statement when the top voted comment on this, a story Gruber is not mentioned in, is a jab at Gruber. One might get the impression that "Gruber-style fanboyism" actually means "anything that is not critical of Apple".
  - wyclif 15y ago
    If you got that impression, you'd be wrong. I classify Gruberism as that commentary which cannot and must not admit criticism of Apple.
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- ugh 15y ago
  Now, that doesn’t really happen, does it?
ez77 15y ago
I agree in part, but in this case I also believe, as ender7 puts it, that "it's impossible to post a serious comment to a case that is already absurd". The comment was funny, but I wouldn't have upvoted it without this last remark.
- tvon 15y ago
  Yet, against all odds, many people have found a way to make serious comments about the case.

by GHFigs 15y ago

Speaking of serious comments: It used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on Hacker News wherein the top comment was something other than shitting on John Gruber.

hugh3 15y ago

I don't even know who John Gruber is.

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lwat 15y ago
I bet you'd recognize his website if you saw it though
- mwill 15y ago
  This is distressingly true, I recognised Daring Fireball and its layout, and the general slant of the articles long before I could recognise the name John Gruber. I'm sure there's some poignant comment to be made based on this, about how some people consume content online.
bostonpete 15y ago
I believe he was the villain in Die Hard. The actor was the same guy who played Dumbledore in Twilight.

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bluedanieru 15y ago

It will possible again once John Gruber's shitty blog stops shitting up the front page.

wyclif 15y ago

It also used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on HN wherein the top comment was something other than Gruber-style fanboyism. So it all balances out in the end.

tvon 15y ago
Seems ironic for you to make this statement when the top voted comment on this, a story Gruber is not mentioned in, is a jab at Gruber. One might get the impression that "Gruber-style fanboyism" actually means "anything that is not critical of Apple".
- wyclif 15y ago
  If you got that impression, you'd be wrong. I classify Gruberism as that commentary which cannot and must not admit criticism of Apple.
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ugh 15y ago
Now, that doesn’t really happen, does it?

ez77 15y ago

I agree in part, but in this case I also believe, as ender7 puts it, that "it's impossible to post a serious comment to a case that is already absurd". The comment was funny, but I wouldn't have upvoted it without this last remark.

tvon 15y ago
Yet, against all odds, many people have found a way to make serious comments about the case.