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I just love threads that start with "why don't they do X ?", followed by dozens of comments explaining why "X is useless, they would never bother doing it, and
by phtrivier 4y ago
I just love threads that start with "why don't they do X ?", followed by dozens of comments explaining why "X is useless, they would never bother doing it, and you should not either", followed by "maybe you should try doing X, who knows", before someone mentions, "hum, well, actually they have been doing it for a few years now" - and that point _not_ being the end of the conversation.
Fontenelle, golden tooth, etc..
- sph 4y agoPersonally, I am a fan of meta comments ranting about comments explaining why X is useless.
- ajkjk 4y agoFeels like HN comment sections are like seeing all the thoughts a brain can come up with on a subject written out in parallel, including the dead-ends and false-starts and "on second thought"s. Normally a person only continues thinking the resulting two or three most compelling thoughts, and only says one of them out loud, but on here you get to see the whole process.