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> It looks like "How" was accidentally dropped from the title so as-written it doesn't quite make sense because today Guernica is hardly considered a "flop". I
by corrral 4y ago
> It looks like "How" was accidentally dropped from the title so as-written it doesn't quite make sense because today Guernica is hardly considered a "flop".
I don't follow how adding "how" modifies the meaning in this way—making it clear it's about a historical and not ongoing situation.
Also, I think "how" is dropped automatically by HN because it's usually ugly and meaning-free clickbaitese.
- elliekelly 4y agoPerhaps pedantic but to me "Picasso’s Great Anti-war Mural Flopped" sounds like a story about a crappy painting while "How Picasso’s Great Anti-war Mural Flopped" sounds like a story about the situation and circumstances surrounding the painting. But I agree that with or without the "how" they're both pretty click-baity titles.