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You can tell who did and who did not read this article. In it, sparrows are a metaphor for Koreans and their descendants who were displaced by the Korean War.
by octaane 1y ago
You can tell who did and who did not read this article. In it, sparrows are a metaphor for Koreans and their descendants who were displaced by the Korean War.
- ainiriand 1y agoIt looks like it is too much to ask for some people to read the article before commenting. I wonder why they do this, are they being paid to comment? Are they bots?
- fragmede 1y agothe linked site will be of varying quality. often the site's text will not be readable on $platform. complaining about that is gauche though, and the comments will often have something to reply to anyway.
- wizardforhire 1y agoThat and it’s HACKER news. Basic infosec, never assume positive intent. Generally and by in large the site is incredibly well moderated and the current community is largely good about self policing… that said this site has bigger eyes on it than lets on… …something something current affairs
- TeMPOraL 1y agoNot to mention, half the time comment section here is much more informative than the original submission itself. Some submissions are really worth reading. Others are worth more as conversation starters. Of those, some are submitted (and upvoted) intentionally to be the latter.
- deadbabe 1y agoThe thrill of using Hackernews is commenting. If you spend your time reading articles, you have less time for articles you can comment on.
- spauldo 1y agoThe comments don't turn dark and pop up and obnoxious box asking for my email address.
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- dudeinjapan 1y agoSwallows, not sparrows. (Or did you also not read the article?)
- SlowTao 1y agoI came for the birds, stayed for the metaphor.
- DonHopkins 1y agoI came for the flies, stayed for the swallows.
- wkat4242 1y agoYou're for the birds?
- selimthegrim 1y agoIf they stay in the DMZ they might be if NK rolls in.
- wkat4242 1y agoHehe I'm not sure what that expression means in the US but in Ireland it means "crazy"
- selimthegrim 1y agoIt means “worthless” in the US
- lloydatkinson 1y agoWould have been more interesting than article #827492748283 about Korea.
- Dylan16807 1y agoSome comments can go either way. I only see one that really looks like they didn't read the article. Top level subtweeting seems like a bit much for that.
- DonHopkins 1y ago>Top level subtweeting seems like a bit much for that. And there you go with the bird puns!