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Re: HN Spoof

#11

Post by madrona » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:36 PM UTC

Hilarious. Some suggestions: "Stop doing XXXX now", "YYYY is dead", and "Google's I'm Feeling Lucky button disappears: the beginning of the end?"

Here's a similar spoof from 13 years ago. Wow, Slashdot really hasn't changed much, has it? http://www.suck.com/daily/99/12/13/daily.html

Re: HN Spoof

#12

Post by mhb » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:36 PM UTC

What about:

Fascinating Article I Submitted - 1 month ago - 1 point

Month-Old Fascinating Article with '?' Appended to URL - 15 minutes ago - 1,421 points

Re: HN Spoof

#13

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

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#14

Post by ytadesse » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

I'm actually in tears laughing right now. Lol.

Well done. Well done...

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#15

Post by adgar2 » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:38 PM UTC

My favorite:

> 30. A Legitimately Interesting Technical Blog Post

> 3 points by happy4crazy 5 hours ago | flag | discuss

Re: HN Spoof

#16

Post by atomical » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:40 PM UTC

I'm tired of reading articles or e-mails that begin with, "This one tip could increase conversions 250% if you put it in practice." This one tip spans four pages and yet could be condensed into one sentence. The funny thing is that the bulk of the four pages have nothing to do with the tip and everything to do with sounding hip. I see more and more articles like this on HN from so-called business geniuses. It really makes me crave boring business books.

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#17

Post by beering » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:41 PM UTC

manojlds wrote: post #2

How come there is nothing about Python dying in there!

I thought Ruby was dead. Or was that, "Java is dead"? Or maybe it was "C++ is dead."

I also vaguely remember reading:

  * "JavaScript will never be dead"
  * "Dart arrived dead"
  * "PHP should be dead"
  * "Lisp is back from the dead"
  * "D stands for 'dead'"
  * "SELECT FROM NOSQL WHERE STATUS IS DEAD"
  * "COBOL still isn't dead"
  * "Haskell Maybe dead"

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#18

Post by fhars » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:43 PM UTC

That caps lock thing does actually sound intriguing ... except that I already use it as Super.

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#19

Post by jere » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:43 PM UTC

I've noticed that all the communities I follow have a tendency toward self hatred.

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#20

Post by davewasthere » Sat, Oct 06, 2012, 9:45 PM UTC

Cracked me up seeing the 'same shoe' posts having just written something similar myself (http://davebeer.com/posts/wearing-the-same-shoes/).

Not that I'd submit it as a story to HN. But it did make me thing I'm closer to a parody than not.