https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/11/20/246297720... TIL interracial porn got Larry shot.
Wow, great find here. Got Larry shot and paralyzed for life...
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#32The word Hustler being the first word of the sentence is unfortunate.
would "Hustler" (ie quoted) be better? What specifically about this did you dislike? The idea of a generalised hustler type, as a founder (somebody who founds, and hustles) or .. ?
Hustler would be better; italics (or underlining) is conventional for periodical titles, quotations for article titles within the periodical.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
> just grammatically confusing. I disagree, it says "Hustler founder". Replace "Hustler" with and you have many a title on HN any day of the week that is " founder...." with no confusion. The parent to my post said "The word Hustler being the first word of the sentence is unfortunate." . I'm guessing this is because of the nature and business of the company, i.e. hardcore porn, not due to a grammatical misunderstandi…
Of course replacing "hustler" with the name of another company wouldn't produce the same confusion, because most other companies names are not also adjectives commonly used to describe people in the tech world. You're so intent on being offended by imagined offence taken by someone else that you're ignoring them telling you first hand that you've misunderstood them. The irony is astounding...
> You're so intent on being offended by imagined offence taken by someone else that you're ignoring them telling you first hand that you've misunderstood them. The irony is astounding...
Oh jesus, the classic "no you're offended" weak defence. I am in a round-about-way pointing out how historically illiterate (younger) people are these days. Especially when, particularly on HN, free software, free speech etc is the de rigueur cause, yet somehow they don't even know the major recent Supreme Court cases that enforce and uphold the right to such things as satire. Hustler was a major case up there with Roe vs Wade. Now if I'm slightly annoyed by that, then so be it.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
See my comment addressing the sibling comment to yours. If instead the title was "Stripe founder...." I highly doubt anyone would blink an eye.
Of course they wouldn't, because "Stripe" is not a word commonly used to describe people in the tech world.
If the title was "Spectator founder....", re-evaluate your argument. Also I'm pretty sure "Hustler" is a noun, not an adjective. And adjective is a modifier to a noun, e.g. he was a serious hustler.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course they wouldn't, because "Stripe" is not a word commonly used to describe people in the tech world.
If the title was "Spectator founder....", re-evaluate your argument. Also I'm pretty sure "Hustler" is a noun, not an adjective. And adjective is a modifier to a noun, e.g. he was a serious hustler.
This is the weirdest thing to be so aggressively confrontational about...
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think this person is complaining about the title being offensive, just grammatically confusing. If you don't recognize who he is it's hard to tell whether the title is saying that he's "a hustler and a founder" or "the founder of Hustler".
> just grammatically confusing. I disagree, it says "Hustler founder". Replace "Hustler" with and you have many a title on HN any day of the week that is " founder...." with no confusion. The parent to my post said "The word Hustler being the first word of the sentence is unfortunate." . I'm guessing this is because of the nature and business of the company, i.e. hardcore porn, not due to a grammatical misunderstandi…
No you guess wrong, my issue was with the ambiguity, not sure why you insist that is not what I was thinking even though I've already replied below multiple times.
Re: Larry Flynt has died
#38The word Hustler being the first word of the sentence is unfortunate.
Not sure why this light hearted comment seemed to be so upsetting to some. I understood the title but can grasp how some may misconstrue it as “a founder who is a hustler”. I saw this as at least a slightly humorous observation.
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#39Free-speech activist. That's what I love. Here's raging into the night.
Maybe a leftist free speech activist. He would never publish right wing free speech material.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Of course replacing "hustler" with the name of another company wouldn't produce the same confusion, because most other companies names are not also adjectives commonly used to describe people in the tech world. You're so intent on being offended by imagined offence taken by someone else that you're ignoring them telling you first hand that you've misunderstood them. The irony is astounding...
> You're so intent on being offended by imagined offence taken by someone else that you're ignoring them telling you first hand that you've misunderstood them. The irony is astounding... Oh jesus, the classic "no you're offended" weak defence. I am in a round-about-way pointing out how historically illiterate (younger) people are these days. Especially when, particularly on HN, free software, free speech etc is the d…
You're preaching to the choir, I'm all for free speech, fighting hard battles, etc. but why are you lashing out on me for a simple grammatical issue I took with the title of this post? If you believe the avg HN user should know more about "major recent SC cases" rather than startup founders and them being "hustlers", I think you may be hanging around the wrong community.