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I kinda agree with the politics. It seems HN users like US politics, thats fine. But as a guess I'm sure most like p0rn too, it doesn't mean HN should be full

by ashleyw 18y ago

I kinda agree with the politics. It seems HN users like US politics, thats fine. But as a guess I'm sure most like p0rn too, it doesn't mean HN should be full of it... (OK thats a pretty bad example, but you get what I mean...)

robg 18y ago
This election is huge. Considering that, I'm actually surprised there haven't been more posts relating to it. If anything, the community does very well in ferreting them out. Business and economics, I'd argue belong front and center.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Every election seems like the most important election ever at the time. The entire 24 hour news cycle depends on channels like CNN convincing you that what happens today is more important than what happened yesterday.
  - DanielBMarkham 18y ago
    Truer words were never spoken. I figured this out about 4 cycles ago. The entire system is rigged to suck you in and be convinced that the future of mankind and the universe is at stake. Now I try my best to ignore news outlets, especially cable news outlets, during this time of P'on Far. But every time they still suck me in anyway. This time around I was doing some bug fixes and left the convention coverage on. Pretty soon there I was, glued to the set. Politics is much better (or worse) than sports. The games go on for months, everybody gets involved by the end, both sides try to make the stakes out to be something incredibly huge, millions (or billions) are spent trying to find you everywhere from the subway to the toilet and convince you the other guy abuses old people. Better still? The last few games have been really, really close. I love it. But it's not HN. :)
  - robg 18y ago
    I don't disagree - but this November is quite different, in kind, from last November. I have no doubt we're seeing a little seepage here, but the relative paucity, given the great noise in the outside environs, gives me greater confidence in this community, not less.

by ashleyw 18y ago

robg 18y ago

This election is huge. Considering that, I'm actually surprised there haven't been more posts relating to it. If anything, the community does very well in ferreting them out. Business and economics, I'd argue belong front and center.

mattmaroon 18y ago
Every election seems like the most important election ever at the time. The entire 24 hour news cycle depends on channels like CNN convincing you that what happens today is more important than what happened yesterday.
- DanielBMarkham 18y ago
  Truer words were never spoken. I figured this out about 4 cycles ago. The entire system is rigged to suck you in and be convinced that the future of mankind and the universe is at stake. Now I try my best to ignore news outlets, especially cable news outlets, during this time of P'on Far. But every time they still suck me in anyway. This time around I was doing some bug fixes and left the convention coverage on. Pretty soon there I was, glued to the set. Politics is much better (or worse) than sports. The games go on for months, everybody gets involved by the end, both sides try to make the stakes out to be something incredibly huge, millions (or billions) are spent trying to find you everywhere from the subway to the toilet and convince you the other guy abuses old people. Better still? The last few games have been really, really close. I love it. But it's not HN. :)
- robg 18y ago
  I don't disagree - but this November is quite different, in kind, from last November. I have no doubt we're seeing a little seepage here, but the relative paucity, given the great noise in the outside environs, gives me greater confidence in this community, not less.