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Re: Center of the universe

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It's also clear from the comments that the person submitting this is the actual author. Ridiculous.

Is that not allowed? People post their own articles and blog posts here all the time.

He means that out off all people, you would think the author of the article in question would know best what to title his submission.

Re: Center of the universe

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More facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Steven_Kraft

Jesus, it just goes on and on and on... and in the end, there's no heroic manhunt, no great victory. He was caught driving drunk with a corpse in the passenger seat, so used to murder that he'd gotten lazy about it. You can't help but feel outrage that nobody stopped him... that the public wasn't sufficiently warned that any of these boys , these kids could have known there was a serial-killer stalking them.

Reading about Jeffrey Dahmer left me similarly shaken. One of his victims -- Konerak Sinthasomphone -- managed to escape out onto the street and contact some women who called the police.

When the police officers (John Balcerzak and Joseph Gabrish) arrived, Dahmer managed to convince the them that it was a gay lovers' quarrel and the officers let Dahmer take Sinthasomphone home again.

Can you imagine the horror of escaping torment and certain death, only to be handed right back to your tormenter by the police?

Re: Center of the universe

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So did you ever get to enjoy sex with a guy after that? Seems with the popularity of sites like chatroulette and cam4 more and more guys are either secretly or openingly experimenting with their curious sides. *Why is this getting downvoted are hacker newers homophobic? The author notes how much the encounter excited him and how he thought about how it excited him throughout the years. I don't see this being an unrea…

This gay story, as well as one (especially) of the comments on the actual article, and your comment; something's very wrong with all three. I was about to ask if I'm the only one who sees that, but if you were downvoted, I guess I'm not. I'm glad because seriously: WTH. EDIT: Actually, the reason for the downvotes is probably the fact that it has nothing to do with hacking.

What do you mean when you say there's something wrong with all three?

Re: Center of the universe

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post #51
post #50

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Is that not allowed? People post their own articles and blog posts here all the time.

He means that out off all people, you would think the author of the article in question would know best what to title his submission.

Yeah, I thought what I titled it was clear and informative and as author of the article, the Orange Coast title was literary rather than descriptive.

FWIW, I originally titled this "The Crack Of A Twig" and we were rolling w/that title, but at the last minute, the editors at OC Mag asked if they could change it.

I'm not a pro writer by any means, and going through the process of editing a feature article w/a print mag was pretty interesting.

Re: Center of the universe

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post #53

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This gay story, as well as one (especially) of the comments on the actual article, and your comment; something's very wrong with all three. I was about to ask if I'm the only one who sees that, but if you were downvoted, I guess I'm not. I'm glad because seriously: WTH. EDIT: Actually, the reason for the downvotes is probably the fact that it has nothing to do with hacking.

What do you mean when you say there's something wrong with all three?

Not sure how else to put it: There is too much of the killer in all three.

Re: Center of the universe

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More facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Steven_Kraft

"By adolescence, Kraft had taken a keen interest in politics, becoming a staunch Republican[12] with aspirations to become a U.S. senator. Shortly after his enrollment at Westminster High School, he and two close friends founded a Westminster World Affairs Club. At Westminster High School, Kraft was again regarded as a pleasant, bright student who regularly achieved A grades." That's not disturbing at all.

Are you disturbed that he was a Republican? Because if you'd read the very next section of the Wikipedia article you'd have seen that it said:

"Shortly after his enrollment as a freshman at Claremont Men's College, Kraft enrolled in the Claremont Reserve Officers Training Corps[16] and he regularly attended demonstrations in favor of the Vietnam War and — in 1964 — for the election of conservative presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Kraft later declared these actions were merely a mimic of his parents' political views and not his own, describing his second year at Claremont as being when he abandoned "last gasp" of conservative ideology.[16] The same year, Kraft entered his first known homosexual relationship."

Re: Center of the universe

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"By adolescence, Kraft had taken a keen interest in politics, becoming a staunch Republican[12] with aspirations to become a U.S. senator. Shortly after his enrollment at Westminster High School, he and two close friends founded a Westminster World Affairs Club. At Westminster High School, Kraft was again regarded as a pleasant, bright student who regularly achieved A grades." That's not disturbing at all.

Are you disturbed that he was a Republican? Because if you'd read the very next section of the Wikipedia article you'd have seen that it said: "Shortly after his enrollment as a freshman at Claremont Men's College, Kraft enrolled in the Claremont Reserve Officers Training Corps[16] and he regularly attended demonstrations in favor of the Vietnam War and — in 1964 — for the election of conservative presidential candid…

>Are you disturbed that he was a Republican?

Not in the slightest. If that paragraph had said "democrat", but every other word was the same, I'd have pointed it out.

I'm disturbed that in an alternate universe we could be reading about Kraft's reelection campaign.

Re: Center of the universe

#58
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Once again, some admin has changed the title from better to worse---it was "How I met a serial killer when I was a marine", which is considerably more descriptive.

Ironically, on HN, that kind of title will get people interested in cosmology to click and they'll start out irritated at the misleading title.

Re: Center of the universe

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Some people seem to have an almost super-human level of charisma/ability to influence others (there is probably a D&D reference to be made here). Certainly the trope is common in fiction. See: The Mentalist (both the protagonist and antagonist share this ability) and several Agatha Christie novels with similar storylines. This guy sounds like a real-life Red John; able to subtly re-wire people's thinking so that they…

I complety fell for one of those Israeli cosmetics things in the mall in my early 20's. My dad was in sales so I am accustomed to all the techniques of persuasion. But for some reason that day I bought $20 or so worth of skin care products I had no intention of using. When I got to my car, I was like, "what on EARTH just happened?!" I have never allowed myself to be so manipulated before or since. Creepy to think of…

Tricking you into buying junk you don't need qualifies as a nefarious end in my book. But you're right; serial killers rarely have a cooling-off period or returns policy.

Re: Center of the universe

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What do you mean when you say there's something wrong with all three?

Not sure how else to put it: There is too much of the killer in all three.

Well, the story is about an encounter with a serial killer, so of course there is too much of the killer in it. The comment you responded to is just trolling around, and getting downvoted for it. I still don't see what you mean, sorry.
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