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The title may, just may, not be intended to be taken literally.
by compiler-guy 4y ago
The title may, just may, not be intended to be taken literally.
- fknorangesite 4y agoRight? Not everything is a dry research paper. I will never understand the penchant for so many HN users to be such incredible, over-the-top pedantic sticks-in-the-mud when it comes to titles.
- soneca 4y agoI took offense to your comment. I found the title a complete clickbait. I couldn’t find any humor in it that would make me think otherwise. The content of the text is completely unrelated to any part of the title. And I don’t think I am pedantic.
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- mcphage 4y ago
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoHyperbole begets more hyperbole to combat the earlier hyperbole. Where does it end?
- compiler-guy 4y agoIt never ends, which is why the world is filled with hyperbole beyond all possibility of recovering and no one can communicate at all.
- soneca 4y agoHow should I take it? I failed to think about any interpretation other than being clickbait (by looking contrarian and exaggerated, withou the text corroborating this take). What is your interpretation of the title?
- compiler-guy 4y agoWhen someone tells me I’m the best cook ever, I interpret that as hyperbole for fun. Similarly with this headline.
- soneca 4y agoMeh
- ineedasername 4y agonot be intended to be taken literally In this case, that still makes it indistinguishable from clickbait.
- compiler-guy 4y agoHe posted it on his own blog. That it feels like click bait is the responsibility of the person who submitted it to hacker news.