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I missed the part where she hacked her husband's addiction ... what I heard is that she went from being an enabler to a co-junkie. On the other hand, my wife h

by smoyer 13y ago

I missed the part where she hacked her husband's addiction ... what I heard is that she went from being an enabler to a co-junkie. On the other hand, my wife has said some of the same things about me. She doesn't complain when I bring home a paycheck though, and she really does help me stay "balanced enough".

sp332 13y ago
"Hack" is a slang term that has many different meanings depending on the context. Here it's a play on two different meanings: computer programming, and coping with a situation. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/can't+hack+it.html http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/can't+hack+it.h...
- 3rd3 13y ago
  And it has at least two more meanings.
- kristianp 13y ago
  And the article doesn't really match either of those reasons!
  - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
    Sure it does. She had a problem (not being able to share her husband's interests), and instead of the obvious solution (pull him away from his interests) she found a novel and better one (join him in his interests). It's a perfect hack.
    - visakanv 13y ago
      so she "hacked" their relationship, not his addiction
      - cema 13y ago
        Yes.
      - kristianp 13y ago
        She didn't hack their relationship at all, that's my point. She learnt about hacking and that's the closest the article got to the title.
        visakanv 13y ago
        yeah, I agree with you- I wouldn't use the term 'hack' at all. Just that if we had to use the term, the least bastardized way of doing it would be to say that it was the relationship being modified, not his addiction. She literally did nothing about his addiction. I suppose you could say she "hacked" (again, disgusting choice of words) her PERCEPTION of his addiction... either way, it's a poor choice of words
      - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
        His addiction was a problem. Now it's less of a problem. She just approached the problem from her end instead of his.
- Myrmornis 13y ago
  It's rational and normal for editors to employ article titles which are aimed more at driving traffic than accurately describing the article content. "Hack" is an overused word that the journalists thought would sell their article.
  - visakanv 13y ago
    And alas, it's working, and we are all enablers. ;_;
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by smoyer 13y ago

sp332 13y ago

"Hack" is a slang term that has many different meanings depending on the context. Here it's a play on two different meanings: computer programming, and coping with a situation. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/can't+hack+it.html http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/can't+hack+it.h...

3rd3 13y ago
And it has at least two more meanings.
kristianp 13y ago
And the article doesn't really match either of those reasons!
- PhasmaFelis 13y ago
  Sure it does. She had a problem (not being able to share her husband's interests), and instead of the obvious solution (pull him away from his interests) she found a novel and better one (join him in his interests). It's a perfect hack.
  - visakanv 13y ago
    so she "hacked" their relationship, not his addiction
    - cema 13y ago
      Yes.
    - kristianp 13y ago
      She didn't hack their relationship at all, that's my point. She learnt about hacking and that's the closest the article got to the title.
      - visakanv 13y ago
        yeah, I agree with you- I wouldn't use the term 'hack' at all. Just that if we had to use the term, the least bastardized way of doing it would be to say that it was the relationship being modified, not his addiction. She literally did nothing about his addiction. I suppose you could say she "hacked" (again, disgusting choice of words) her PERCEPTION of his addiction... either way, it's a poor choice of words
    - PhasmaFelis 13y ago
      His addiction was a problem. Now it's less of a problem. She just approached the problem from her end instead of his.
Myrmornis 13y ago
It's rational and normal for editors to employ article titles which are aimed more at driving traffic than accurately describing the article content. "Hack" is an overused word that the journalists thought would sell their article.
- visakanv 13y ago
  And alas, it's working, and we are all enablers. ;_;

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