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If the point of the article is that then start the article with it not with how hard Sam's life is.

stareatgoats 3y ago
It's a literary technique, and if you would have been familiar with Molly Whites writing you would likely have expected the twist to occur further down in the article - which it did.
- 9dev 3y ago
  Well. Don’t expect your readers to be journalism majors if you want to make a point, because elaborate hidden twists lead to reactions just like this one. Being all elitist about it doesn’t work well either.
  - tzs 3y ago
    I'm reasonably certain that one does not have be a journalism major to manage to reach the 6th paragraph, about 550 words in, of a short (8 paragraph, 900 word) article to find the "elaborate hidden twist". Especially since the article mentions in paragraph 3 that people are mocking SBF for his requests, says in paragraph 4 that it is his own fault for repeatedly ignoring warnings from the judge that he might have his house arrest rescinded and go to jail to await trial if he didn't stop abusing his privileges, and starts paragraph 5 with a "Furthermore" indicating that the criticism of his complaints continue. Then paragraph 6 starts with "However" telling you that maybe there is more to the story than SBF's ridiculous complaints and goes on to discuss how real mistreatment of prisoners is a serious problem. So in fact one only has to make it past paragraph 2, about 180 words, to start finding out that this is not a "sob story" for SBF, and then even a bit of casual skimming will find the upcoming "Furthermore" and "However" paragraphs.
    - anuraaga 3y ago
      The article only talks about SBF and the supposes that there are others needing the same or more than him. There are no anecdotes or data for this though, usually you would at least expect some of "so and so has been in prison for 5 years and has been..." type of point. It really doesn't take a journalism major to see this is just a blog and may as well be a sob story for SBF since it does little more than that...
  - stareatgoats 3y ago
    No need to be calling names. There is no elitism or degree in journalism required to understand the point of the article, if one actually reads it. The main problem here is that I made an error in judgement when I thought the bulk of the people here actually read past the first paragraph, the title or even the top rated comment before firing off their comments which may or may not be related to the gist of article at all. Especially on inflamed topics. My bad.
  - Brian_K_White 3y ago
    This level of ignorance or illiteracy is not the authors fault or problem. It's quite basic and common and reasonable. If it baffles you, it is you who is baffled by something ordinary, not the author who wrote something baffling to anyone. Charging elitism over this is pathetic.
TheHumanist 3y ago
Not to mention, along with the police brutalities, all the people, in the specific instance of SBF, whose lives have been financially ruined by this selfish, narcissistic asshole. Reading about them whining because he doesn't get his vegan diet and his Adderall is incredibly infuriating. Maybe don't be the way you have been? Maybe don't knowingly screw over so many people to the tune of BILLIONS? Maybe, then, don't continually break court-mandated rules? Also, to be clear, I have no issue with vegan diet. I just think it's hilarious that that is a focus of theirs? Also, I take Adderall for ADHD so I understand how much it can help... but... MAYBE don't do what you did???? Do they expect him to live like he's in a resort? Finally, I am a huge advocate for MUCH better treatment of prisoners on the whole. Prisoners in Texas right now with no form of cooling is absolutely awful and inhumane. You have people dying of heat stroke. The terrible medical 'care' in the prison system is so awful. The lack of rehabilitation services throughout the prison system is what keeps the rotating door rotating, and it is disgusting. The lack of support for people leaving prison and trying to reintegrate is beyond sad. BUT, this is someone who seems to have been fed from the silver spoon their whole life and clearly thought they were above it all. He wasn't raised on the streets and getting by the best way he knew how. He know what he was doing. He clearly used some of the money stolen from investors to try to hide that through the use of other politicians and their favor. So, why does anyone care about this entitled prick?
- foogazi 3y ago
  > Maybe don't be the way you have been? He hasn’t even been tried yet

It's a literary technique, and if you would have been familiar with Molly Whites writing you would likely have expected the twist to occur further down in the article - which it did.

9dev 3y ago
Well. Don’t expect your readers to be journalism majors if you want to make a point, because elaborate hidden twists lead to reactions just like this one. Being all elitist about it doesn’t work well either.
- tzs 3y ago
  I'm reasonably certain that one does not have be a journalism major to manage to reach the 6th paragraph, about 550 words in, of a short (8 paragraph, 900 word) article to find the "elaborate hidden twist". Especially since the article mentions in paragraph 3 that people are mocking SBF for his requests, says in paragraph 4 that it is his own fault for repeatedly ignoring warnings from the judge that he might have his house arrest rescinded and go to jail to await trial if he didn't stop abusing his privileges, and starts paragraph 5 with a "Furthermore" indicating that the criticism of his complaints continue. Then paragraph 6 starts with "However" telling you that maybe there is more to the story than SBF's ridiculous complaints and goes on to discuss how real mistreatment of prisoners is a serious problem. So in fact one only has to make it past paragraph 2, about 180 words, to start finding out that this is not a "sob story" for SBF, and then even a bit of casual skimming will find the upcoming "Furthermore" and "However" paragraphs.
  - anuraaga 3y ago
    The article only talks about SBF and the supposes that there are others needing the same or more than him. There are no anecdotes or data for this though, usually you would at least expect some of "so and so has been in prison for 5 years and has been..." type of point. It really doesn't take a journalism major to see this is just a blog and may as well be a sob story for SBF since it does little more than that...
- stareatgoats 3y ago
  No need to be calling names. There is no elitism or degree in journalism required to understand the point of the article, if one actually reads it. The main problem here is that I made an error in judgement when I thought the bulk of the people here actually read past the first paragraph, the title or even the top rated comment before firing off their comments which may or may not be related to the gist of article at all. Especially on inflamed topics. My bad.
- Brian_K_White 3y ago
  This level of ignorance or illiteracy is not the authors fault or problem. It's quite basic and common and reasonable. If it baffles you, it is you who is baffled by something ordinary, not the author who wrote something baffling to anyone. Charging elitism over this is pathetic.

TheHumanist 3y ago

Not to mention, along with the police brutalities, all the people, in the specific instance of SBF, whose lives have been financially ruined by this selfish, narcissistic asshole. Reading about them whining because he doesn't get his vegan diet and his Adderall is incredibly infuriating. Maybe don't be the way you have been? Maybe don't knowingly screw over so many people to the tune of BILLIONS? Maybe, then, don't continually break court-mandated rules? Also, to be clear, I have no issue with vegan diet. I just think it's hilarious that that is a focus of theirs? Also, I take Adderall for ADHD so I understand how much it can help... but... MAYBE don't do what you did???? Do they expect him to live like he's in a resort? Finally, I am a huge advocate for MUCH better treatment of prisoners on the whole. Prisoners in Texas right now with no form of cooling is absolutely awful and inhumane. You have people dying of heat stroke. The terrible medical 'care' in the prison system is so awful. The lack of rehabilitation services throughout the prison system is what keeps the rotating door rotating, and it is disgusting. The lack of support for people leaving prison and trying to reintegrate is beyond sad. BUT, this is someone who seems to have been fed from the silver spoon their whole life and clearly thought they were above it all. He wasn't raised on the streets and getting by the best way he knew how. He know what he was doing. He clearly used some of the money stolen from investors to try to hide that through the use of other politicians and their favor. So, why does anyone care about this entitled prick?

foogazi 3y ago
> Maybe don't be the way you have been? He hasn’t even been tried yet