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This title is ridiculous. He's Holmes's husband, not her "lover". They were married in 2019.
by blindriver 1y ago
This title is ridiculous. He's Holmes's husband, not her "lover". They were married in 2019.
- belter 1y agoThe title is: "Elizabeth Holmes’s partner reportedly raises millions for blood-testing startup"
- lolinder 1y agoIt was modified in the HN submission to replace "partner" with "lover", probably as an ill-conceived attempt to distinguish from him being just her business partner. It's a great example of why not to change titles, though, because "lover" carries wildly different implications than "partner" and makes the title seem much more salacious.
- esseph 1y agoSome of us get too upset about words in a title and throw the baby out with the bathwater.
- michael_nielsen 1y agoAgreed, & flagged the submission. The actual article is of interest, but I really don't want to reward inflammatory titles.
- aerhardt 1y agoAs clickbait trash, it is nevertheless sublime.
- lolinder 1y agoTechnically they never married, which is why the original article uses a bunch of other phrases to describe their relationship, but agreed that the change from "partner" to "lover" makes the title needlessly provocative. "Partner" was fine.
- lazyasciiart 1y agoI’m guessing it was trying to distinguish between him and her previous business partners?
- lolinder 1y agoYeah, so I get why it was attempted. It's likely they didn't realize that "lover" carries with it a sense of a clandestine or illicit relationship, especially in the kind of saucy story this already is by default.
- aerhardt 1y agoYea I now see that, but what ever happened to the word “boyfriend”? It does the job and doesn’t sound like something out of 19th century literature or “clandestine” as a sibling commenter is saying. I see the same thing happening in Spanish - no one can say “novio/a” anymore. Why?
- AlchemistCamp 1y agoStrange. I don't think "lover" sounds illicit in any way, though maybe it suggests youth and romanticism.
- lolinder 1y agoDefinition 4a in Webster is "paramour", which is "an illicit or secret lover". It isn't the primary definition for sure, but in this context that's the vibe it gives off. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lover https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lover
- readthenotes1 1y agoWell, her previous business partner & lover was a co-conspirator iirc (the CFO).
- AStonesThrow 1y ago
- elorm 1y agoThey were engaged, but never officially married. https://people.com/elizabeth-holmes-relationship-billy-evans-hotel-heir-exclusive-11679100 https://people.com/elizabeth-holmes-relationship-billy-evans...