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While I have some doubts about the abilities of the poster of the ad, why are you encouraging people to judge him based on his appearance?
by absconditus 17y ago
While I have some doubts about the abilities of the poster of the ad, why are you encouraging people to judge him based on his appearance?
- frig 17y agoIs there anything in the ad that isn't already encouraging its readers to make decisions based on appearance (in this case, that of a fun and elite group of people)? In what possible way is 'send us the coolest "hello world" you've got, and we'll critique your style' not an invitation to judge by appearance?
- ErrantX 17y agotrue. now think: how often do you see a job posting make the first page of HN? (one might say their prime sort of recruitment site...) I'm going with calling them savvy :)
- frig 17y agoYeah, and in point of fact now that it seems too late to edit my original post I am going to clarify here: this ad definitely works. I wasn't specifically intending to make fun of the guy's appearance; he looks like a normal 20-something, doesn't look overweight, does look like he shaves regularly, does look like he gets sunlight, etc; it was just that after I tracked the guy down I was disappointed that he wasn't actually wearing a ninja mask in his picture (or whatever).