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It’s a wry and pithy comment. Sorry dang, you’re in the weeds on this one. The article simply doesn’t say that this artist had supernatural powers. The bizarre
by inopinatus 4y ago
It’s a wry and pithy comment. Sorry dang, you’re in the weeds on this one. The article simply doesn’t say that this artist had supernatural powers.
The bizarre misreading otherwise is a mixture of magical and rigid thinking, or possibly poor English comprehension. However, there’s nothing substantive about speculating upon what goes on in someone’s head.
Sometimes “no” is the correct and complete answer.
- dang 4y agoThis isn't about supernatural powers, it's about low-quality internet comments. We're against them. The comment was obviously unsubstantive regardless of how "wry and pithy" it felt to you. You've been posting other ones in other threads too, which is why my request was in the plural.
- inopinatus 4y agoIf you mean these similarly brief recent remarks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33208557 then I must contend that these were flagged by the humourless mediocrity police, a tribe I discarded any respect for at least three decades ago.
- dang 4y agoI don't recall if I had those comments in mind, but yes, they're examples of low-quality comment. The problem with stuff like that is that everyone overestimates how funny their jokes are. Mostly they're just lame. The gold standard HN explanation about this was by scott_s many years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609289
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