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And yet, there's always at least one HN reader who makes a comment in every popular thread that the original post is irrelevant in some way. Still, it never se
by dentemple 5y ago
And yet, there's always at least one HN reader who makes a comment in every popular thread that the original post is irrelevant in some way.
Still, it never seems to stop people from doing it despite not "bringing anything new to the table" with their comment. So why do it?
- deltaonefour 5y agoWhat I'm bringing to the table, is helping everyone notice that these posts bring nothing new to the table. That's the problem with these analogy posts. People like them but they don't offer anything of substance. Think about it. You identified a connection between two things, yet nothing new was introduced. You get this artificial euphoria of seeing a connection but that's it, it's just an illusion.