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Dear 500 Startups. We hacked passes for your passbooks last night.

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Re: Dear 500 Startups. We hacked passes for your passbooks last night.

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"Why the f*ck should you care?" If you want to use the word fuck, use the word fuck. Don't take the cowardly angle of making me think the word while dancing around saying you never actually used it.

Yeah, the vulgarity seems off to me. I love a good curse word here and there, but you have use them wisely (or else you just sound like a jackass).

Considering they're targeting a guy with a proud rep of swearing like a sailor, I thought that part was quite well played.

Re: Dear 500 Startups. We hacked passes for your passbooks last night.

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I find this page highly annoying. To actually contribute to the discussion, possible reasons I find this page highly annoying: 1.) The cutesy startupish language. 2.) It doesn't actually say anything. Ok, you've got my attention. And you've wasted it, because you haven't told me why you have my attention. Oh, wait, on a second read-through, I've spotted what you were trying to say. Frankly, it seems like they're so c…

Similar impression here. What's up with this trend of using 70px font for everything and shouting at the reader? Do designers nowadays have their monitors placed too far away?

Re: Dear 500 Startups. We hacked passes for your passbooks last night.

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the vulgarity seems off to me. I love a good curse word here and there, but you have use them wisely (or else you just sound like a jackass).

Considering they're targeting a guy with a proud rep of swearing like a sailor, I thought that part was quite well played.

I reiterate, the usage was off. I could give a fuck, honestly, about bad language. But when I cuss, it is for a fucking reason.

Get it? I didn't mask anything above with "*" . I fucking committed to it. Swear like you got a pair, or don't bother.

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