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> If something sounds too good to be true, then it isn't. That doesn’t sound right.
by eCa 4y ago
> If something sounds too good to be true, then it isn't.
That doesn’t sound right.
- geocrasher 4y agoIt's incorrect. The correct phrase would be "If something seems too good to be true, it usually is." which can be extrapolated to "If something seems too good to be true, it usually is too good to be true."
- rgoulter 4y agoThe reading of that phrase is "if something seems to good to be true, then it isn't [true]". It seems unhelpful that both "it is" and "it isn't" can be used to convey "it's not as good as it appears", though.
- wongarsu 4y agoThat is the intended reading, but it just seems wrong. The sentence parses to me to the components "[if] [something] [seems] [too good to be true], [it] [isn't]", so [isn't] has to apply to [too good to be true].
- CalRobert 4y agoThe writing is strange in general - "The drive is far from being one of the best SSDs, but it deserves a spot on everyone's blocklist." is an odd one to parse too.
- immibis 4y agoThey just misspelled blockchain.
- felurx 4y agoI think that one's mostly just to put in that link to their(?) list of best SSDs, probably full of referral links and paraphrased Amazon descriptions...
- sokoloff 4y agoInadvertently accurate advice, perhaps?
- copperx 4y agoAccurate? It reads like, "this drive is not too bad, but don't buy it anyway."
- copperx 4y ago> That doesn’t sound right. It doesn't sound right indeed because it should read "it is," not "it isn't." Regardless, "something sounding too good to be true" is how you determine that tech innovation has happened. The Retina screen sounded too good to be true back in 2012; the M1 sounded too good to be true; etc.
- cantSpellSober 4y agoThe best defense is a good defense