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Teenagers will frequent this site, and will say stupidly naive things about topics they know nothing of, and they will grow from it. It happened to me, it happe

Teenagers will frequent this site, and will say stupidly naive things about topics they know nothing of, and they will grow from it. It happened to me, it happened to you. It's not about people consistently bringing their A-game to HN because it's higher tier - most of its users are not far from their teenage counterparts. A very small minority of experts will weigh in on one topic, and because their audience is a few hundred people instead of a few tens of thousands, a discussion can actually form. Experts exist on every public forum in the world. Whether they are heard or not makes the difference. It's quantity that's the detrimental factor.

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klyrs 3y ago
You're taking this quite seriously, it makes me think you missed a cultural reference: GP is sarcastically quoting a movie.
- dylan604 3y ago
  The sarcasm isn't mine. It's straight from the movie, but otherwise, yeah.
  - klyrs 3y ago
    Did we watch a different movie? He was dead serious
    - dylan604 3y ago
      The entire movie was nothing but a sarcastic commentary about work in tech cube farms. Did you see a different movie?
      - klyrs 3y ago
        No, the movie is a parody of corporate culture; the character in the scene is being totally serious.
Xelbair 3y ago
>Teenagers will frequent this site, and will say stupidly naive things about topics they know nothing of, and they will grow from it. To be honest the worst takes in here I've seen have been from long standing industry professionals.
- tetris11 3y ago
  I think I know what you mean, but even if I disagree with the professionals, I can't help but respect that their opinion is likely more informed than my own, at least in the high circles they revolve in.