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I wish there was a way to tell the article wasn't going anywhere, but I guess that would ruin the surprise.

• mhb 14y ago
  One way would have been not seeing it on the HN front page.
  • Johngibb 14y ago
    True. Any word from the up voters on why they enjoyed this particular article? Or did the votes come mostly because people like The New Yorker, and were expecting it to be good?
    • bhousel 14y ago
      I upvoted it because I like "long meandering human interest pieces". I thought it was fascinating the extent to which a pathological liar will go to maintain such an elaborate false identity. I shared the article with a few other non-HN people into running and they thought it was an interesting story as well.