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Probably a made up story for a twitter thread.
by pastor_bob 4y ago
Probably a made up story for a twitter thread.
- loceng 4y agoSo then the author inherits the weird title? I could easily see more blunt-autistic types being so practical, straight-forward though.
- hammock 4y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted. I've seen this story repeated at least three times by different people. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33066955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33066955
- marginalia_nu 4y agoYeah, the whole story has that quality where you half expect the entire bus to stand up and give an applause at the end.
- SamBam 4y agoOr, once someone has heard the story, they are more likely to bring it up again, continuing the cycle. I genuinely plan on mentioning this to my wife this evening. Not in a "let's move to live near my parents" way, but just as a way of bringing up that time is valuable. If she then mentions to someone that I said this, will they say "I don't believe you, I've heard this story before?"
- samatman 4y agoIt seems at least as likely that a Roe Jogan listener might enact that story with a friend, as that they would just hear it and then make up a story where they ask the question. It's of course quite pointless to speculate about the truth or fiction of an Internet story starring people you don't know. I wonder about the people who think it's implausible however. Do you never discuss difficult things with your friends? Whether to marry the girl/guy/human, how many times you'll see your parents again, how's your cousin's health, that kind of thing? That's supposed to be normal, I worry that what y'all would call friends is what I would call colleagues or casual acquaintances.
- skellera 4y agoYeah, versions of this story is making rounds on twitter/linkedin/fb. Then again, it could be true. More likely to come up in conversation since people are reading it everywhere.