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Re:Guess who's not coming to dinner; Roger Ebert with a terr... by gruseom on Monday September 29, 2008 @02:07PM (#318602)
Actually, the two points made by the article (body language and agreeing with opponent) have been gone over hundreds of times in dozens of blogs starting about a minute after the debate. I love Ebert - he's a treasure - but in this case he's saying nothing new, and the post isn't "evidence of [any] interesting new phenomenon".
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Re:Guess who's not coming to dinner; Roger Ebert with a terr... by raganwald on Monday September 29, 2008 @02:17PM (#318610)
Interesting and new to me, I admit that this is my fault for not paying very close attention to US politics. BTW, I would be delighted if we applied that standard to all posts about the iPhone/iPod Touch app store :-)

BTW, I upmodded you for reminding me of a very useful test for submit-worthiness.

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Re:Guess who's not coming to dinner; Roger Ebert with a terr... by convolver on Monday September 29, 2008 @02:46PM (#318643)
Ehh... once again someone going on about "hackernews worthiness" of some article. When it comes to politics, humor, or anything that doesn't scream Tech. from or relating to the media, I would take their remarks with a grain salt.

Most telling is how so often these individuals remain silent when various other more respected members of the hackernews community post similar supposedly off-topic posts as well.

So what if Ebert is saying something that has been spammed over another over a number of other blogs? Do you have any idea how many "successful" and "on-topic" posts fit that bill? Give shoving your ideologies down various posters' throats a rest.

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Re:Guess who's not coming to dinner; Roger Ebert with a terr... by gruseom on Monday September 29, 2008 @04:40PM (#318784)
That's pretty funny, as I have frequently argued for keeping things more diverse on HN. Ad nauseum, I would have said.

I would take their remarks with a grain salt [...] Give shoving your ideologies down various posters' throats a rest.

Is that what you call "a grain salt"? I'm glad you don't go for a pound!

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