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It's missing a top-level post which makes an analogy, which turns into a ten-deep thread of people arguing entirely about the analogy, the friendly article havi
by insin 4y ago
It's missing a top-level post which makes an analogy, which turns into a ten-deep thread of people arguing entirely about the analogy, the friendly article having been completely forgotten.
- SantalBlush 4y agoThe analogies found on HN could have their own dedicated parody site.
- smugma 4y ago*they’re
- vram22 4y agoI posted before on HN about this trend, of commenters often completely forgetting about the original article, and arguing a lot (in child comments) about some top-voted comment. I called it the Hacker News Right-Side Effect (or Rule) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24405167 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24405167
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- dpkirchner 4y agoYou could power the earth exclusively on the smug that emits from analogy arguments (or what we call analgruments in the biz).
- nativecoinc 4y agoHmpf, analogies are crutches. Carpenters don’t use them so I don’t use them. Just use the right-sized hammer for the nail in front of you.