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The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by zaroth »

Cederfjard wrote: post #27
zaroth wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s nothing about TFA that should be taken seriously. It’s pulp fiction. Just like TR himself. Not to say “whoosh”, but I’m pretty sure that’s the whole point of the piece?

Completely besides the point, but isn’t it unnecessary to use ”TFA” in this instance? Personally I’m not at all offended by strong language, but it just seems hostile for no reason.

To me 'TFA' means The Featured Article.

Is there an abbreviation for that which is as widely known as TFA which doesn't have a negative potential interpretation (The Fucking Article)?

'OP' refers to the user who posted, not the post itself. The word 'Post' is I guess an OK but not great alternative.

Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by bluedevil2k »

LudwigNagasena wrote: post #39
simonebrunozzi wrote: post #3

I don't want to read a novel before being able to understand what this is about. At least the article could provide a quick glimpse at what the fraud scheme is. I kept reading for 5-6 minutes and then lost interest.

No joke. 4 out of 5 times I open a news article on HN it is some kind of novella I have no interest in. In our age of short time spans and competition for attention you would think news magazines would be concise and to the point, I would even say, lapidary. But for some reason they became an outlet for graphomania?

Sooooooo much whining and complaining about the length of the article in this comment thread. You realize you paid absolutely nothing to read it right? That the author is under no obligation to you to provide a "tldr;" for the people who think they're so busy they can't take 15 minutes to read a well-crafted and interesting story about a hustler and the guy trying to catch him.

Seriously, if your attention span is too short to read a medium-length article then you should really self-reflect about what's going on in your life.

Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by ryanmarsh »

theli0nheart wrote: post #33

Given how long it took to catch him, after years of outrageous purchases and shady business dealings, it makes me wonder if frauds are much more common than conventional wisdom would lead one to believe.

Many frauds go unreported because they're too embarrassing to the business to be public.

Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by bluedevil2k »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #50
jasode wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I don't understand this comment at all. [...] Why even both writing a waste of a comment? I understand where the op's reading frustration is coming from. For some urls that point to pdf files or racy content, we might put informal warning tags such as "[pdf]" or "[NSFW]". But there really isn't a meta tag such as "[human_interest_story]" to warn readers of this type of article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-in…

> One type of reader just wants the mechanics of the insurance fraud explained. Exactly me. And I was not familiar with TexasMonthly, despite having lived in the US (California) for the last 8 years. (I am originally from Europe)

Then go to Wikipedia and look up "insurance fraud".

Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by somehnguy »

bluedevil2k wrote: post #52
LudwigNagasena wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No joke. 4 out of 5 times I open a news article on HN it is some kind of novella I have no interest in. In our age of short time spans and competition for attention you would think news magazines would be concise and to the point, I would even say, lapidary. But for some reason they became an outlet for graphomania?

Sooooooo much whining and complaining about the length of the article in this comment thread. You realize you paid absolutely nothing to read it right? That the author is under no obligation to you to provide a "tldr;" for the people who think they're so busy they can't take 15 minutes to read a well-crafted and interesting story about a hustler and the guy trying to catch him. Seriously, if your attention span is to…

I'm not sure why this appears to be a personal attack thing for you. I totally agree with the other commenter on this, 99% of the time when I see an article that is super long and takes a long time to get to the point I'll just click off. The fact is that it just doesn't matter or affect me enough to invest more than a minute or two reading it. In written form I prefer just getting the facts, not a short story. For longer stuff I prefer listening so I can go on a walk or do other things while taking in the (not really useful to me, but interesting) information, like a podcast format.

You may prefer the opposite, and thats OK too. It doesn't necessarily mean there is anything to significant reflect on in either of our lives. Or that one of us has the 'wrong' preference.

Re: The wildest insurance fraud scheme in Texas

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Post by Cederfjard »

zaroth wrote: post #51
Cederfjard wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely besides the point, but isn’t it unnecessary to use ”TFA” in this instance? Personally I’m not at all offended by strong language, but it just seems hostile for no reason.

To me 'TFA' means The Featured Article. Is there an abbreviation for that which is as widely known as TFA which doesn't have a negative potential interpretation (The Fucking Article)? 'OP' refers to the user who posted, not the post itself. The word 'Post' is I guess an OK but not great alternative.

>To me 'TFA' means The Featured Article.

Fair enough, I wasn’t aware/didn’t think of that. My mind went straight to ”the fucking article”, which is why it appeared hostile to me.

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