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The writing style is too hyperbolic that it detracts from the argument it is trying to make. A certain amount of figurativeness is good to add dimension to an a
by billfruit 4y ago
The writing style is too hyperbolic that it detracts from the argument it is trying to make. A certain amount of figurativeness is good to add dimension to an argument, but here it has been overdone.
- isaacremuant 4y agoThe guy think he is funny and is basically projecting his own privileged status like mad and thinking the reader is like him. As you say, 2 points in that terribly written article are valid around the damage that NGOs cause (destroying demand, not being sustainable) but it's mostly a gotcha at Susan and Tom, his fictional neighbours from his own clearly out of touch reality. This shouldn't be in hackernews. It's subpar at best.
- lozenge 4y agoYep, for somebody who is claiming to look out for residents of the third world, they are pretty nasty. > without a local industry, they're [Kenya] never taking their economy past the point where they stop asking tourists to get special vaccines before they visit. You need vaccines because diseases thrive in different climates, and the vaccines from your home government only cover- duh- the ones in your local climate.