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"I love that ..." is the rhetorical equivalent of "Don't take this the wrong way, but ..." There's a pretty clear implication that it's silly to "crop out" pic
by flatline3 14y ago
"I love that ..." is the rhetorical equivalent of "Don't take this the wrong way, but ..."
There's a pretty clear implication that it's silly to "crop out" pictures of mars, focus on knots, and the kind of people that would do that would be OCD in their maintenance of sock drawers.
It's a silly, vaguely cutting generalization. Observe the top reply, which takes a defensive stance: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4474178 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4474178