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Re:The Buffett Indicator by SantalBlush on Sunday September 12, 2021 @11:38PM (#28507639)
This "9 out of the last 5" quote is the deadest of beaten horses on HN. It shows up at least once a week here, and it is written with such smugness and unoriginality that it makes even dad jokes funny by comparison.

Let's cut to the chase and make a bot that posts "9 out of the last 5 recessions, hyuk!" on every post remotely related to finance and be done with it. It is the furthest thing from a substantive comment; it is a recycled low-effort joke in the style of reddit.

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Re:The Buffett Indicator by hans-moleman on Monday September 13, 2021 @12:27AM (#28507855)
9 out of 5 readers cringe at this type of comment.

(I’ve never heard of the expression before so I found it amusing)

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Re:The Buffett Indicator by greesil on Monday September 13, 2021 @03:24AM (#28508735)
My interpretation is that it's not a joke, but instead a way to convey the heuristic can have false positives.
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