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Re:Andreessen Horowitz Tech Site Future.com Shuts Down, Staf... by devmunchies on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:37PM (#33833763)
> they were super nice to me. its just that in retrospect i see how that was a tactic to exploit me

Omg. Then what isn’t exploitative?! There’s always a bit of a selfish motive in developing partnerships or friendships even.

This is next level victimization.

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Re:Andreessen Horowitz Tech Site Future.com Shuts Down, Staf... by yamtaddle on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:03PM (#33834186)
In this thread: HN fails to understand flattery, a behavior that features heavily in popular culture with a clear record in literature dating back 3,000+ years, and a heavily-covered topic in early childhood education since time immemorial.
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Re:Andreessen Horowitz Tech Site Future.com Shuts Down, Staf... by BobbyJo on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:52PM (#33834992)
What part of flattery did they fail to understand?
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