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I'm getting tired of the predictability of "this article is bad and you should feel bad" being the top-rated comment for any submission on HN. Comments such as
by redthrowaway 14y ago
I'm getting tired of the predictability of "this article is bad and you should feel bad" being the top-rated comment for any submission on HN. Comments such as these are pseudo-deep: they're easy to write, and easy to agree with, without really adding anything to the discussion. It reminds me of Hitchens' quip that "George Bush is stupid" had become the joke that stupid people laugh at.
And yes, I'm aware of the irony of this comment. I'm unsure of how I could phrase it differently, though.
- res0nat0r 14y agoHopefully if the continuing top comments complaining about crap articles will result in less crap being upvoted?
- rdl 14y agoI think it's more fair to hate on blogspam summaries of original reporting, still, since there's a clear cure (link to the original source). It's one step away from "there was a posting about this same article with a different url, discussion is here" type postings.
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